CVE-2024-27275
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.002 · 5 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-29
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.
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affected products (13)
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references (8)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-27275cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-27275/cnnvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/285203cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/IBM-i-privilege-escalation-via-Db2-Physical-File-Trigger-44525cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7157637cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7157637enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/285203VDB Entrynvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7157637Vendor Advisorynvd
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