CVE-2020-4952 Privilege escalation in Security Guardium

What is CVE-2020-4952?

CVE-2020-4952 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Security Guardium, published on 27 Jan 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Security Guardium 11.2 could allow an authenticated user to gain root access due to improper access control. IBM X-Force ID: 192028.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4952?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Security Guardium.

How do I fix CVE-2020-4952?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4952 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-4952 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4952 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Security Guardium

• CVE-2023-35893 IBM Security Guardium command execution Critical 9.9
• CVE-2017-1253 Command injection in Security Guardium Critical 9.9
• CVE-2017-1269 SQL injection in Security Guardium Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-47709 IBM Security Guardium command injection Critical 9.1
• CVE-2023-30435 IBM Security Guardium cross-site scripting High 8.9

All Ibm Security Guardium vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-4792-5mj8-fwvm.