Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 29, 2023· Updated Sep 16, 2024
IBM i privilege escalation
CVE-2023-40685
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.
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Affected products
2- Range: 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
Patches
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References
2- www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7060686mitrevendor-advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/264116mitrevdb-entry
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