IBM Spectrum Scale up to 5.0.0 CES Stack Include privilege escalation

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in IBM Spectrum Scale up to 5.0.0. This affects an unknown function of the component CES Stack. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability (Include). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 05/13/2019. The advisory is shared at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-4259 since 01/03/2019. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/14/2019).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Vendor

• IBM

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• Spectrum Scale

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 5.5
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Class: Privilege escalation / Include (CWE-200)
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: ?
Status: Not defined

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Current Price Estimation: ?

Threat Intelligenceinfoedit

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Remediation: ?Recommended: no mitigation known
0-Day Time: ?01/03/2019 CVE assigned
05/13/2019 +130 days Advisory disclosed
05/14/2019 +1 days VulDB entry created
05/14/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateAdvisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Confirmation: ?

CVE: CVE-2019-4259 (?)

Created: 05/14/2019 07:28 AM
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