Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Affects IBM i Products
CVE-2024-31890

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

IBM
Status
I
Vendor
CVE Published:
21 June 2024

What is CVE-2024-31890?

The identified vulnerability in IBM TCP/IP Connectivity Utilities for i across the IBM i versions 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 enables local privilege escalation. This issue permits a malicious actor who has gained command line access to the host operating system to elevate their privileges, potentially achieving root access. Such unauthorized access can facilitate further exploitation of the system, posing significant risks to data integrity and security. Organizations utilizing the affected versions should ensure immediate mitigations are in place to safeguard their systems.

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Affected Version(s)

i 7.3, 7.4, 7.5

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7158240
vendor-advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/288171
vdb-entry

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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