CVE-2023-38721

The IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 product Facsimile Support for i contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor could gain access to a command line with elevated privileges allowing root access to the host operating system. IBM X-Force ID: 262173.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262173	VDB Entry Vendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7023423	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.5:::::::*

History

23 Aug 2023, 16:43

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.8
CWE		NVD-CWE-noinfo
First Time		Ibm Ibm i
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.3:::::::*
References	~~(MISC) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262173 -~~	(MISC) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262173 - VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
References	~~(MISC) https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7023423 -~~	(MISC) https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7023423 - Patch, Vendor Advisory

14 Aug 2023, 18:59

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-08-14 18:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 15:14

NVD link : CVE-2023-38721

Mitre link : CVE-2023-38721

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-38721

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ibm

i

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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