CVE-2024-31891 HIGH

CVE-2024-31891: IBM Storage Scale privilege escalation

Vendor Ibm
Product Storage Scale
Weakness CWE-250
Published December 14, 2024
Last update December 16, 2024

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

IBM Storage Scale GUI 5.1.9.0 through 5.1.9.6 and 5.2.0.0 through 5.2.1.1 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the 'scalemgmt' user can elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 14, 2024 CVE published
December 16, 2024 Record updated