CVE-2023-40363 (GCVE-0-2023-40363)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-18 17:14 – Updated: 2024-11-21 18:55
VLAI
Title
IBM InfoSphere Information Server privilege escalation
Summary
IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 could allow an authenticated user to change installation files due to incorrect file permission settings. IBM X-Force ID: 263332.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • 264 Permissions, Privileges, Access Controls
Assigner
ibm
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