CVE-2020-4273
IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2 and 5.0 could allow a local unprivileged attacker with intimate knowledge...
IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2 and 5.0 could allow a local unprivileged attacker with intimate knowledge of the enviornment to execute commands as root using specially crafted input. IBM X-Force ID: 175977.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2 and 5.0 could allow a local unprivileged attacker with intimate knowledge of the enviornment to execute commands as root using specially crafted input. IBM X-Force ID: 175977.
- Record
CVE-2020-4273- CVSS 3.0
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.0/AC:H/S:U/AV:L/C:H/I:H/UI:N/PR:N/A:H/RC:C/E:U/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-25520
IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2 and 5.0 could allow a local unprivileged attacker with intimate knowledge of the enviornment to execute commands as root using specially crafted input. IBM X-Force ID: 175977.
- Record
EUVD-2020-25520- CVSS 3.0
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.0/AC:H/S:U/AV:L/C:H/I:H/UI:N/PR:N/A:H/RC:C/E:U/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m3x4-xj3g-vgpg No score
IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2 and 5.0 could allow a local unprivileged attacker with intimate knowledge...
IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2 and 5.0 could allow a local unprivileged attacker with intimate knowledge of the enviornment to execute commands as root using specially crafted input. IBM X-Force ID: 175977.
- Record
GHSA-m3x4-xj3g-vgpg- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2 and 5.0 could allow a local unprivileged attacker with intimate knowledge of the enviornment to execute commands as root using specially crafted input. IBM X-Force ID: 175977.
- Record
CVE-2020-4273- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-4273 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.4) in Ibm Spectrum Scale, published April 3, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.