# CVE-2024-27275: IBM i privilege escalation

Status: published. Published: 2024-06-15. Updated: 2026-11-03.

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.

## Remediation

- fix: The reporting source identifies this reference as a patch. Check the advisory for affected versions and supported release branches. (source: CNA: ibm) — https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7157637

## Affected products and versions

- IBM / i: 7.2 (affected); 7.3 (affected); 7.4 (affected); 7.5 (affected). Source: CNA: ibm

## NVD configuration conditions

Affected CPE matches depend on the following AND/OR and negation conditions:

```json
[
  {
    "negate": false,
    "nodes": [
      {
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true
          }
        ],
        "negate": false,
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ],
    "operator": "OR"
  }
]
```

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 7.4 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: CNA: ibm

- CVSS 3.1: 7.8 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: NVD: nvd@nist.gov

- CVSS 3.1: 7.4 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: NVD: psirt@us.ibm.com

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.15% as of 2026-11-03; percentile 4.70%

- SSVC: exploitation poc; automatable no; technical impact total; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-266, CWE-287

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7157637 (CNA: ibm; vendor-advisory, patch)

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7157637 (ADP: CVE; vendor-advisory, x_transferred)

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/285203 (ADP: CVE; vdb-entry, x_transferred)

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7157637 (psirt@us.ibm.com; Vendor Advisory)

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/285203 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108; VDB Entry)

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7157637 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108; Vendor Advisory)

## Provenance

- CNA: ibm: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-27275; retrieved 2026-11-04; source updated 2026-11-03

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27275; retrieved 2026-11-04; source updated 2026-11-03

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-27275; retrieved 2026-11-03; source updated Not reported

Revision: b92d6a3b431d1ccb98e8907df1b51ae3c508516e26d893ba0ad911beac45ff39

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