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High severity · published Nov 11, 2020
CVE-2020-4685
A low level user of IBM Cognos Controller 10.3.0, 10.3.1, 10.4.0, 10.4.1, and 10.4.2 who has Administration rights to the server where the application is installed, can escalate…
7.2
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A low level user of IBM Cognos Controller 10.3.0, 10.3.1, 10.4.0, 10.4.1, and 10.4.2 who has Administration rights to the server where the application is installed, can escalate their privilege from Low level to Super Admin and gain access to Create/Update/Delete any level of user in Cognos Controller. IBM X-Force ID: 186625.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CC
Cognos Controller · Ibm
10.3.0; 10.3.1; 10.4.0; 10.4.1; 10.4.2 · source: NVD
Affected product
CC
Cognos Controller
Ibm
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4685
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-4685
VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186625
Patch
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6339995
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