CVE-2020-4685 (GCVE-0-2020-4685)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-11-11 12:55 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:50
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Summary
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.
Severity ?
8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/S:C/I:H/C:H/AC:H/A:H/PR:H/UI:N/AV:N/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
CWE
  • Gain Privileges
Assigner
ibm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Cognos Controller Affected: 10.3.1
Affected: 10.3.0
Affected: 10.4.0
Affected: 10.4.1
Affected: 10.4.2
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