IBM Performance Tools for i privilege escalation

published 2024-05-22 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-24503

cvss: 7.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Performance Tools for i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 could allow a local user to gain elevated privileges due to an unqualified library call. A malicious actor could cause user-controlled code to run with administrator privilege. IBM X-Force ID: 284563.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-05-24)

Exploit prediction

0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

IBM i

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/7154595
vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/284563
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-27264
NVD CVE-2024-27264

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary