CVE-2024-31890

June 21, 2024, 11:22 a.m.

Tags

psirt@us.ibm.com
CWE-250
2024-06-21
CVE-2024-31890

CVSS Score

7.8 / 10

Product(s) Impacted

IBM TCP/IP Connectivity Utilities for i

  • 7.3
  • 7.4
  • 7.5

Description

IBM i 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 product IBM TCP/IP Connectivity Utilities for i contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system. IBM X-Force ID: 288171.

Weaknesses

CWE-250
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.

CWE ID: 250

Date

Published: June 21, 2024, 10:15 a.m.

Last Modified: June 21, 2024, 11:22 a.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

psirt@us.ibm.com

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score
7.8
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
Base Severity
HIGH
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/288171
psirt@us.ibm.com
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7158240
psirt@us.ibm.com