CVE-2024-27275
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIBM 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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceIBM i versions 7.2-7.5 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability where non-administrator users can configure physical file triggers that execute with elevated privileges. A local attacker without admin rights can set up a trigger on a file, then socially engineer a legitimate user to access that file, causing the trigger to execute with the victim's privileges.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 7.2= 7.3= 7.4= 7.5CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify IBM i versionRun command GO CMDMSDF, option 25 to display system detail, or use DSPSFWRSC to check software resources. Alternatively, query the system value QSS1MRI with WRKSYSVAL QSS1MRIAffected if The displayed version is 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, or 7.5
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Check for trigger program objectsUse WRKOBJ *ALL/*TRG to list all trigger programs configured on the system. Examine the object ownership of these trigger programsAffected if Non-administrative user profiles own trigger programs that are active on system files
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Review trigger configuration on database filesUse DSPDBR *ALL to list database relations and check for files with triggers defined. Then use DSPFD on specific files to view trigger information in the Type information sectionAffected if Physical file triggers exist on files where the trigger program owner differs from the file owner, indicating potential privilege escalation risk
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Check user authority to create triggersReview user profile authorities using WRKUSRPRF and check which profiles have *ALLOBJ or authority to create triggers via ADDAUTLE or GRTOBJAUTAffected if Non-administrative users have authority to add triggers to files they do not own, enabling the escalation path
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Audit recent trigger creation activityReview security audit journal QAUDJRN for entries of type TRG using DSPAUDJRNE with selection criteria for trigger operations. Look for ADDPTRG entries by non-*SECADM profilesAffected if Trigger creation events exist for users without administrative authority
A defender is affected if running IBM i 7.2-7.5 and non-administrative users have the ability to create or own active trigger programs on files accessible to privileged users.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply IBM's patch to enforce administrator privileges for configuring trigger support on affected IBM i systems.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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