CVE-2020-4925
A security vulnerability in the Spectrum Scale 5.0 and 5.1 allows a non-root user to overflow the...
A security vulnerability in the Spectrum Scale 5.0 and 5.1 allows a non-root user to overflow the mmfsd daemon with requests and preventing the daemon to service other requests. IBM X-Force ID: 191599.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
A security vulnerability in the Spectrum Scale 5.0 and 5.1 allows a non-root user to overflow the mmfsd daemon with requests and preventing the daemon to service other requests. IBM X-Force ID: 191599.
- Record
CVE-2020-4925- CVSS 3.0
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/I:N/C:N/PR:N/AC:L/S:U/A:H/AV:L/UI:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-26172
A security vulnerability in the Spectrum Scale 5.0 and 5.1 allows a non-root user to overflow the mmfsd daemon with requests and preventing the daemon to service other requests. IBM X-Force ID: 191599.
- Record
EUVD-2020-26172- CVSS 3.0
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/I:N/C:N/PR:N/AC:L/S:U/A:H/AV:L/UI:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x68f-c227-67vj
A security vulnerability in the Spectrum Scale 5.0 and 5.1 allows a non-root user to overflow the...
A security vulnerability in the Spectrum Scale 5.0 and 5.1 allows a non-root user to overflow the mmfsd daemon with requests and preventing the daemon to service other requests. IBM X-Force ID: 191599.
- Record
GHSA-x68f-c227-67vj- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A security vulnerability in the Spectrum Scale 5.0 and 5.1 allows a non-root user to overflow the mmfsd daemon with requests and preventing the daemon to service other requests. IBM X-Force ID: 191599.
- Record
CVE-2020-4925- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - 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-2020-4925 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.2) in Ibm Spectrum Scale, published March 1, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.23%, the 13th percentile. No source names a fixed version.