CVE-2018-1431 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1012049 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105546 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139240

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8