CVE-2024-31891

IBM Storage Scale privilege escalation

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Dec 14, 2024
Updated
Dec 16, 2024
Reserved
Apr 7, 2024

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Description

IBM Storage Scale GUI 5.1.9.0 through 5.1.9.6 and 5.2.0.0 through 5.2.1.1

contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the 'scalemgmt' user can elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hibm

Weaknesses

  • CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Storage ScaleIBM
  • 5.1.9.0 through 5.1.9.6Affected
  • 5.2.0.0 through 5.2.1.1Affected

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