CVE-2020-4685 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in IBM Cognos Controller versions 10.3.0 through 10.4.2. A low-level user with administrative rights on the server hosting the application can escalate their privileges to Super Admin, gaining full control over user management within Cognos Controller. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.2 (High), indicating a significant risk. The attack requires high privileges (PR:H) but is network-exploitable (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts (C:H/I:H/A:H). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_controller:10.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_controller:10.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_controller:10.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_controller:10.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_controller:10.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.