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IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW950.00 through FW950.90, FW1020.00 through FW1020.40, and FW1030.00 through FW1030.30 could allow a system administrator to obtain sensitive partition information. IBM X-Force ID: 269695.
NVD Status: Modified ,CVE State: published
Threat Intelligence & Risk Assessment for CVE-2023-46183
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-46183 is rated Low Risk (24.7/100) : CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-46183
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
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Date
Old EPSS score
New EPSS score
Delta (New - Old)
1
2025-03-30
0.11%
0.04%
-0.07%
2
2025-03-29
0.04%
0.11%
+0.07%
3
2024-02-08
—
0.04%
—
Full EPSS history
(3 records total)
Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-46183
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
Base score
Version
Severity
Vector
Exploitability
Impact
Score source
5.3
3.1
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
0.8
4.0
[email protected]
4.4
3.1
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
0.8
3.6
[email protected]
Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-46183
Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-46183
Vendor
Product
Version
Raw CPE
ibm
powervm_hypervisor
>= fw950, <= fw950.90
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:powervm_hypervisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm
powervm_hypervisor
>= fw1020.00, <= fw1020.40
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:powervm_hypervisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm
powervm_hypervisor
>= fw1030.00, <= fw1030.30
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:powervm_hypervisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References for CVE-2023-46183
cvelogic
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