CVE-2023-40686 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability within Management Central in IBM i versions 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 Navigator. An attacker with existing command line access can exploit this flaw to elevate their privileges and gain component-level access to the operating system. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable locally with low attack complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, indicating no known active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.