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CVE-2019-4558
A security vulnerability has been identified in all levels of IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.0.0 through V5.0.3.2 and IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0…
High8.1EPSS 1.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- ibm
Description
A security vulnerability has been identified in all levels of IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.0.0 through V5.0.3.2 and IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0 through V4.2.3.17 that could allow a local attacker to obtain root privilege by injecting parameters into setuid files.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/PR:N/AC:H/A:H/I:H/S:U/C:H/UI:N/AV:N/RL:O/E:U/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 33% 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 8.1.
Weakness
- Gain Privileges
- CWE-74 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-74 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected 4.2.0.0
- affected 5.0.0.0
- affected 4.2.3.17
- affected 5.0.3.2
References (2)
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1073732 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ibm-spectrum-cve20194558-priv-escalation (166282) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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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