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High severity8.4NVD Advisory· Published Aug 14, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-38721

CVE-2023-38721

Description

The IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 product Facsimile Support for i contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor could gain access to a command line with elevated privileges allowing root access to the host operating system. IBM X-Force ID: 262173.

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Affected products

6
  • IBM/I5 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
  • IBM/Facsimile Support for illm-fuzzy
    Range: 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5

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