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 crafted input

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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

Published Apr 3, 2020

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.40%

Description

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 products

Vendor IBM Product Spectrum Scale Default
unknown
Affected
- 4.2
- 5.0

Default status is the baseline for the product. Each version can override it (patched versions can be marked unaffected).

Vendor	Product	Default status	Versions
IBM	Spectrum Scale	unknown	Affected 4.2 5.0

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-25520
Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175977
vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVDB EntryVendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6151701
x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-25520		Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175977		vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVDB EntryVendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6151701		x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner ibm

Published Apr 3, 2020

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Dec 30, 2019

Link CVE-2020-4273

CISA Vulnrichment

No data

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2020-4273

Red Hat

No data

ENISA EUVD

Assigner ibm

Published Apr 3, 2020

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Link EUVD-2020-25520

GitHub

No data