CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-38721

7.8 HIGH Published 2023-08-14 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-08-14
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-269

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• ibm i 7.2 • ibm i 7.3 • ibm i 7.4 • ibm i 7.5

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness

References