CVE-2018-1431 Privilege escalation in Spectrum Scale
A local attacker can exploit a GSKit vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale to gain administrator privileges and modify file system data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-1431?
CVE-2018-1431 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Scale, published on 13 Jun 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1431?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm General Parallel File System, Ibm Spectrum Scale.
How do I fix CVE-2018-1431?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1431 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-1431 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1431 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Spectrum Scale
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rgpj-748v-34f2.