VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-27275

CVSS score7.4 HIGH
EPSS probability0.15%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-06-15
Last modified2026-11-03
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-266: Incorrect Privilege Assignment
  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication

Primary references