CVE-2019-4536

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-08-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-269

Description

IBM i 7.4 users who have done a Restore User Profile (RSTUSRPRF) on a system which has been configured with Db2 Mirror for i might have user profiles with elevated privileges caused by incorrect processing during a restore of multiple user profiles. A user with restore privileges could exploit this vulnerability to obtain elevated privileges on the restored system. IBM X-Force ID: 165592.

Affected products

IBM i: 7.4

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/165592
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm11071586
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/165592
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm11071586

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