Local privilege escalation to component access
Published Oct 15, 2023 · Updated Sep 16, 2024
Local privilege escalation in Directory Server on IBM operating-system releases 7.2 through 7.5 allows local users to gain component access. IBM has not published the vulnerable function, code path, or operation that mishandles attacker-controlled input. Exploitation requires command-line access to the host and grants elevated access to operating-system components, with limited data exposure, modification, and service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Local privilege escalation in Directory Server on IBM operating-system releases 7.2 through 7.5 allows local users to gain component access. IBM has not published the vulnerable function, code path, or operation that mishandles attacker-controlled input. Exploitation requires command-line access to the host and grants elevated access to operating-system components, with limited data exposure, modification, and service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-40378
- Published
- Oct 15, 2023
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Vendor
- IBM
- Product
- IBM i
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 15, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 16, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
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