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FKIE_CVE-2023-40686

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-10-29 01:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:19

Severity

4.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

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.

References

URL	Tags
psirt@us.ibm.com	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/264114	VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.com	https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7060686	Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/264114	VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7060686	Patch, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
ibm	i	7.2
ibm	i	7.3
ibm	i	7.4
ibm	i	7.5

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CVE-2023-40686 (GCVE-0-2023-40686)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-29 00:58 – Updated: 2024-09-06 19:35

Title

IBM i privilege escalation

Summary

Severity

4.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-09-06 19:29 UTC

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

ibm mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7060686	vendor-advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entry

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
IBM	i	Affected: 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5

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