CVE-2019-4536

Severity

32%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

81%

IBM i 7.4 users who have done a Restore User Profile (RSTUSRPRF) on a system which has been configured with Db2 Mirror for i might have user profiles with elevated privileges caused by incorrect processing during a restore of multiple user profiles. A user with restore privileges could exploit this vulnerability to obtain elevated privileges on the restored system. IBM X-Force ID: 165592.

IBM i 7.4 users who have done a Restore User Profile (RSTUSRPRF) on a system which has been configured with Db2 Mirror for i might have user profiles with elevated privileges caused by incorrect processing during a restore of multiple user profiles. A user with restore privileges could exploit this vulnerability to obtain elevated privileges on the restored system. IBM X-Force ID: 165592.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.3. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.3. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 5 years ago

2019-08-29 15:15:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-09 23:50:00

Affected Software

IBM i 7.4

7.4

References

ibm-i-cve20194536-priv-escalation (165592)

VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory

https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm11071586

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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