CVE-2018-1431

HIGH

IBM Spectrum Scale <5.0.0 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in GSKit affects IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.3, and 5.0.0 that could allow a local attacker to obtain control of the Spectrum Scale daemon and to access and modify files in the Spectrum Scale file system, and possibly to obtain administrator privileges on the node. IBM X-Force ID: 139240.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139240
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105546
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1012049

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4
EPSS 0.0038
EPSS Percentile 30.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (2)
ibm/general_parallel_file_system 4.1.0.0 - 4.1.0.8
ibm/spectrum_scale 4.1.1.0 - 4.1.1.19
Published Jun 13, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026