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CVE-2023-43018 (GCVE-0-2023-43018)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-02 23:48 – Updated: 2024-09-05 14:33
VLAI
Title
IBM CICS TX privilege escalation
Summary
IBM CICS TX Standard 11.1 and Advanced 10.1, 11.1 performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses. IBM X-Force ID: 266163.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-05 14:23 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM CICS TX Standard Affected: 11.1
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