IBM Storage Scale GUI Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CVE-2024-31891 Published on December 14, 2024
IBM Storage Scale privilege escalation
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-31891 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
The software performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-31891
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Affected Versions
IBM Storage Scale:- Version 5.1.9.0, <= 5.1.9.6 is affected.
- Version 5.2.0.0, <= 5.2.1.1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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