CVE-2020-4242 (GCVE-0-2020-4242)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-03-31 14:31 – Updated: 2024-09-16 20:58
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/A:H/AV:N/PR:L/AC:L/C:H/UI:N/I:H/S:U/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
CWE
  • Gain Privileges
Assigner
ibm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Affected: 10.1.0
Affected: 10.1.5
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Date Public
2020-03-30 00:00
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