Management Central as part of IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 Navigator contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the operating system can exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges to gain root access to the operating system. IBM X-Force ID: 264116.
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | Ibm | 7.2 (including) | 7.2 (including) |
| I | Ibm | 7.3 (including) | 7.3 (including) |
| I | Ibm | 7.4 (including) | 7.4 (including) |
| I | Ibm | 7.5 (including) | 7.5 (including) |