IBM i privilege escalation | CVE-2023-40686

NAME
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IBM i privilege escalation

Platforms Affected:
IBM i 7.2
IBM i 7.3
IBM i 7.4
IBM i 7.5

Risk Level:
4.9

Exploitability:
Unproven

Consequences:
Gain Privileges

DESCRIPTION
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Management Central as part of IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 Navigator contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the operating system can exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges to gain component access to the operating system. IBM X-Force ID: 264114.

CVSS 3.0 Information
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Privileges Required:
None

User Interaction:
None

Scope:
Unchanged

Access Vector:
Local



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