CVE-2023-37400 HIGH

CVE-2023-37400: IBM Aspera Faspex privilege escalation

Vendor Ibm

Product Aspera Faspex

Weakness CWE-522 · Insufficiently protected credentials

Published April 19, 2024

Last update August 2, 2024

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CVSS base score

7.8/10

Attack vector Local

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.0 through 5.0.7 could allow a local user to escalate their privileges due to insecure credential storage. IBM X-Force ID: 259677.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 19, 2024 CVE published

August 2, 2024 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37400 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/522.html

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