{"cve":"CVE-2023-38721","nvd":{"published":"2023-08-14T18:15:11.013","modified":"2026-06-17T06:11:01.343","status":"Modified","description":"The IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 product Facsimile Support for i contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability.   A malicious actor could gain access to a command line with elevated privileges allowing root access to the host operating system.  IBM X-Force ID:  262173.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-269"],"references":["https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262173","https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7023423","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262173","https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7023423"],"products":["ibm:i"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:39:14.809778102+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-38721","score":0.00168,"percentile":0.06179,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}