Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Affects IBM i Products

CVE-2024-31890
7.8HIGH

Key Information

Vendor
IBM
Status
I
Vendor
Published:
21 June 2024

Summary

IBM i 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 product IBM TCP/IP Connectivity Utilities for i contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system. IBM X-Force ID: 288171.

Affected Version(s)

i = 7.3, 7.4, 7.5

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
HIGH
Integrity:
HIGH
Availability:
HIGH
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published.

  • Vulnerability Reserved.

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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