IBM Spectrum Scale up to 5.0.1.2 GPFS Command Line Utility access control

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Spectrum Scale up to 5.0.1.2. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component GPFS Command Line Utility. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-1783. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Spectrum Scale up to 5.0.1.2 (Network Attached Storage Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component GPFS Command Line Utility. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM GPFS (IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.0, 4.1.1.20, 4.2.0.0, 4.2.3.10, 5.0.0 and 5.0.1.2) command line utility allows an unprivileged, authenticated user with access to a GPFS node to forcefully terminate GPFS and deny access to data available through GPFS. IBM X-Force ID: 148806.

The bug was discovered 10/04/2018. The weakness was presented 10/05/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-1783 since 12/12/2017. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/23/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See VDB-124942 for similar entry. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Network Attached Storage Software

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Spectrum Scale

Version

• 4.1.1.0
• 4.1.1.20
• 4.2.0.0
• 4.2.3.10
• 5.0.0
• 5.0.1.2

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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