Medium severity · published Mar 1, 2022
CVE-2020-4925
A security vulnerability in the Spectrum Scale 5.0 and 5.1 allows a non-root user to overflow the mmfsd daemon with requests and preventing the daemon to service other requests
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A security vulnerability in the Spectrum Scale 5.0 and 5.1 allows a non-root user to overflow the mmfsd daemon with requests and preventing the daemon to service other requests. IBM X-Force ID: 191599.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 14% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SS
Spectrum Scale · Ibm
5.0.0; 5.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4925
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-4925
VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/191599
Patch
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6560094
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