Local root escalation through undisclosed Management Central flaw
Published Oct 29, 2023 · Updated Sep 16, 2024
Privilege escalation in IBM’s Power operating platform 7.2 through 7.5 allows local users with command-line access to gain root access. The vendor has not published the operation within Management Central that improperly grants elevated privileges. The flaw remains present when Management Central is not used for systems-management tasks, and exploitation grants full control of the platform.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in IBM’s Power operating platform 7.2 through 7.5 allows local users with command-line access to gain root access. The vendor has not published the operation within Management Central that improperly grants elevated privileges. The flaw remains present when Management Central is not used for systems-management tasks, and exploitation grants full control of the platform.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-40685
- Published
- Oct 29, 2023
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Vendor
- IBM
- Product
- IBM i
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 29, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 16, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
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