title: IBM i privilege escalation
description: 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 component access to the operating system.  IBM X-Force ID:  264114.
problem types: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
affected:
{
defaultStatus: unaffected
product: i
vendor: IBM
versions:
status: affected, version: 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: HIGH
attackVector: LOCAL
availabilityImpact: LOW
baseScore: 4.9
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
confidentialityImpact: LOW
integrityImpact: LOW
privilegesRequired: NONE
scope: UNCHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
version: 3.1
]
format: CVSS
scenarios: GENERAL