CVE-2019-4071

Spectrum Control vulnerability

CVSS

8.8

EPSS

4.3%

EPSS pct

90th

Exploited

No known

IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center (IBM Spectrum Control Standard Edition 5.2.1 through 5.2.17) could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of csv file contents. IBM X-Force ID: 157063.

Affected vendor

Ibm

Affected product

Spectrum Control

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-1236 — Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File

Published

2019-05-09

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

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