IBM i 7.4 and 7.5 is vulnerable to an authenticated user gaining elevated privilege to a physical file. A user with authority to a view can alter the based-on physical file security attributes without having object management rights to the physical file. A malicious actor can use the elevated privileges to perform actions restricted by their view privileges.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47104
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7179158