CVE-2024-27275 IBM i privilege escalation
Local users can escalate privileges by configuring file triggers to execute with another user's rights, requiring a patch to enforce administrator privileges for trigger configuration.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-27275?
CVE-2024-27275 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm I, published on 15 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27275?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm I.
How do I fix CVE-2024-27275?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-27275 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-27275 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-27275 exists.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-mm7f-23wf-j4qf.