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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 attacker to obtain…
High7.4EPSS 0.37%
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- Updated
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- ibm
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.4 | CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:H/AV:L/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.4.
Weakness
- Gain Privileges
Affected products
- affected 4.1.1
- affected 4.2.0
- affected 4.2.1
- affected 4.2.2
- affected 4.2.3
- affected 5.0.0
References (3)
- ibm-spectrum-cve20181431-priv-escalation(139240) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 105546 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1012049 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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