CVE-2024-31890 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2024-06-21

Score: 7.8 High

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
`7.3, 7.4, 7.5`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-29748	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00044.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/288171
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7158240

History

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:-:::::::*

Subscriptions

Ibm I

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2024-06-21T09:39:18.569Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T01:59:50.489Z

Reserved: 2024-04-07T12:44:57.194Z

Link: CVE-2024-31890

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-06-24T15:22:19.469Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-06-21T10:15:12.023

Modified: 2025-07-17T20:03:37.550

Link: CVE-2024-31890

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-250

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