CVE-2020-4273
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 3, 2020 at 12:35 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:19 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSpectrum Scale
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
VDB Entryx_refsource_XFVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175977x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6151701CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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