CVE-2020-4717 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A vulnerability exists in IBM SPSS Modeler Subscription Installer that allows a user with create symbolic link permission to write arbitrary file in another protected path during product installation. IBM X-Force ID: 187727.

Published: 2021-03-10

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

SPSS Modeler

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Subscription`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spss_modeler:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-25964	A vulnerability exists in IBM SPSS Modeler Subscription Installer that allows a user with create symbolic link permission to write arbitrary file in another protected path during product installation. IBM X-Force ID: 187727.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00112.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/187727
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6427901

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Spss Modeler

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2021-03-10T15:05:29.897Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:46:38.111Z

Reserved: 2019-12-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-4717

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-10T15:15:12.553

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:33:09.913

Link: CVE-2020-4717

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-59

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