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CVE-2020-4278

IBM Platform LSF 9.1 and 10.1, IBM Spectrum LSF Suite 10.2, and IBM Spectrum Suite for HPA 10.2 could allow a local user to escalate their…

High7.4EPSS 0.27%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
ibm

Description

IBM Platform LSF 9.1 and 10.1, IBM Spectrum LSF Suite 10.2, and IBM Spectrum Suite for HPA 10.2 could allow a local user to escalate their privileges due to weak file permissions when specific debug settings are enabled in a Linux or Unix enviornment. IBM X-Force ID: 176137.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By ibm

  2. · 2 months later

    Published

  3. · 5 years later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2020-4278, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
ibmCNA (assigner)3.0High7.4CVSS:3.0/I:H/C:H/AC:H/A:H/PR:N/S:U/AV:L/UI:N/RL:O/E:U/RC:C
NVDNVD · Modified3.1High7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.27% · top 80% of all CVEs (7 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

Affected products

References (2)

Sources

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