CVE-2020-4242

HIGH

IBM Spectrum Scale and Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0-10.1.5 - Authenticated Remote Code Execution

Title source: llm

Description

IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.5 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 175419.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6114130

VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175419

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0459

EPSS Percentile 90.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-78

Status published

Products (2)

ibm/spectrum_protect_plus 10.1.0 - 10.1.5

ibm/spectrum_scale 10.1.0 - 10.1.5

Published Mar 31, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026