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CVE-2018-1431

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 attac

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.4 EPSS 0.0005
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

7
ibm general parallel file system>= 4.1.0.0 and <= 4.1.0.8
ibm spectrum scale>= 4.1.1.0 and <= 4.1.1.19
ibm spectrum scale>= 4.2.0.0 and <= 4.2.0.4
ibm spectrum scale>= 4.2.1.0 and <= 4.2.1.2
ibm spectrum scale>= 4.2.2.0 and <= 4.2.2.3
ibm spectrum scale>= 4.2.3.0 and <= 4.2.3.8
ibm spectrum scale>= 5.0.0.0 and <= 5.0.0.2
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Scoring & Timeline

7.4
HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · psirt@us.ibm.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD13 Jun 2018 · 02:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1012049Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105546Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139240VDB EntryVendor Advisory
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