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