CVE-2020-4273 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting IBM Spectrum Scale versions 4.2 and 5.0, allowing a local unprivileged attacker to execute commands as root. The attack requires intimate knowledge of the environment and specially crafted input, but has low attack complexity and no user interaction. While the CVSS score is 7.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.2.0.0, <= 4.2.3.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.0.0.0, <= 5.0.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.