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
A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Affected Software
| 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) |