CVE-2015-2023
Buffer overflow in IBM i Access 7.1 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.5%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
Buffer overflow in IBM i Access 7.1 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.46% probability · 73th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 18 November 2015
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- ibm/i access
- Source
- psirt@us.ibm.com
EPSS 1.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1020996Vendor Advisory
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1SI57907
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38751/
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1020996Vendor Advisory
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1SI57907
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38751/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.