PT-2023-23098 · Ibm · Facsimile Support For I+1

Zoltan Panczel · Published 2023-07-16 · Updated 2024-02-02 · CVE-2023-30988

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.4

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM i versions 7.2 through 7.5

Description The issue concerns a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Facsimile Support for i product. A malicious actor with command line access to the host operating system can exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges and gain root access to the host operating system.

Recommendations For IBM i versions 7.2 through 7.5, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-30988

Affected Products

Facsimile Support For I

Ibm I

References · 15

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-30988 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/254016 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ibm.com/support/pages/node/7012355 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30988 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/zauw_/status/1693925238206345452 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/54468 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/secharvester/14265 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/defcon_news/117259 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/_r_netsec/status/1693921727083086100 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/olouhaidia/status/1693932487905259898 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/buaqbot/status/1753374503671828481 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/rnetsec/19163 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/SilentSignalHU/status/1706950469556330760 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/66798 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/luiscosio/status/1693920294665085360 · Twitter Post