High severity · published Oct 29, 2023
CVE-2023-40685
Management Central as part of IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 Navigator contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 root access to the operating system. IBM X-Force ID: 264116.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 4% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
I
I · Ibm
7.2; 7.3; 7.4; 7.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40685
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40685
VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/264116
Patch
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7060686
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