CVE-2023-30988

HIGH

IBM i 7.2-7.5 - Local Privilege Escalation via Facsimile Support

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 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: 254016.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7012355

Scores

CVSS v3 8.4
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 7.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (4)
ibm/i 7.2
ibm/i 7.3
ibm/i 7.4
ibm/i 7.5
Published Jul 16, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026