CVE-2024-27275
HIGHIBM i 7.2-7.5 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment in Physical File Trigger Configuration
Title source: llmDescription
IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability caused by an insufficient authority requirement. A local user without administrator privilege can configure a physical file trigger to execute with the privileges of a user socially engineered to access the target file. The correction is to require administrator privilege to configure trigger support.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
patch
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7157637
Scores
CVSS v3
7.4
EPSS
0.0006
EPSS Percentile
19.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-266
CWE-287
Status
published
Products (4)
ibm/i
7.2
ibm/i
7.3
ibm/i
7.4
ibm/i
7.5
Published
Jun 15, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026