Vulnerability Details CVE-2021-29740
IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.6 and 5.1.0 through 5.1.0.3 system core component is affected by a format string security vulnerability. An attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of process memory, potentially escalating their system privileges and taking control over the entire system with root access. IBM X-Force ID: 201474.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 23.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 8.4
CVSS v2 Score 7.2
References
Products affected by CVE-2021-29740
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.0.0.0
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.0.0.1
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.0.0.2
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.0.1.0
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.0.1.1
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.0.1.2
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.0.2.0
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.0.2.1
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.0.2.2
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.0.2.3
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.0.3.2
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.0.4.0
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.0.4.1
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.0.4.2
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.0.4.3
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.0.4.4
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.0.5
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.0.5.0
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.0.5.2
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.0.5.4
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.0.5.5
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.0.5.6
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.1.0
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.1.0.0
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.1.0.1
-
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:5.1.0.2