CVE-2020-4270 (GCVE-0-2020-4270)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-04-15 15:13 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:53
VLAI
Summary
IBM QRadar 7.3.0 to 7.3.3 Patch 2 could allow a local user to gain escalated privileges due to weak file permissions. IBM X-ForceID: 175846.
Severity
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/UI:N/AC:L/PR:N/C:H/S:U/A:H/I:H/RL:O/E:U/RC:C
CWE
  • Gain Privileges
Assigner
ibm
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2020-04-14 00:00
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