CVE-2024-27275: ibm i Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-27275 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in ibm i. EPSS estimates a 0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 15-06-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 29-09-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- CVE.orgCNA7.4HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.15%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
4%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.15% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-266Incorrect Privilege AssignmentA product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
- CWE-287Improper AuthenticationWhen an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
Affected systems
Ibm1 product
- i7.2 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.5
1 vendor · 1 product