SB2023091827 - Improper privilege management in IBM Watson Discovery Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Published: September 18, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023091827
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Improper Privilege Management (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22946)
CWE-ID: CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges.
The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management. A local user can send specially crafted configuration-related classes on the classpath and exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the submitting user.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.