CVE-2023-40378 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM Directory Server for IBM i contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain component access to the host operating system. IBM X-Force ID: 263584.

Published: 2023-10-15

Score: 4.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

i

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-44949	IBM Directory Server for IBM i contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain component access to the host operating system. IBM X-Force ID: 263584.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00024.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/263584
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7047240

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm I

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2023-10-15T01:36:02.620Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:19:27.559Z

Reserved: 2023-08-14T20:12:05.636Z

Link: CVE-2023-40378

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:31:53.776Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-15T02:15:09.647

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:19:20.103

Link: CVE-2023-40378

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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