CVE-2020-4273: IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2 and 5.0 could allow a local unprivileged attacker with intimate knowledge of the enviornment to execute commands as root using specially…

PriorityP339high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.40%

32.5th percentile

IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2 and 5.0 could allow a local unprivileged attacker with intimate knowledge of the enviornment to execute commands as root using specially crafted input. IBM X-Force ID: 175977.

Affected

4 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
ibm	spectrum_scale	—	—
ibm	spectrum_scale	—	—
ibm	spectrum_scale	4.2.0.0 – 4.2.3.20	—
ibm	spectrum_scale	5.0.0.0 – 5.0.4.2	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv3.07.4HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.9MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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