CVE-2020-4685

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Un usuario de bajo nivel de IBM Cognos Controller versiones 10.3.0, 10.3.1, 10.4.0, 10.4.1 y 10.4.2, que tenga derechos de administración en el servidor donde está instalada la aplicación, puede escalar sus privilegios desde nivel Low a Super Admin y conseguir acceso para Crear/Actualizar/Eliminar cualquier nivel de usuario en Cognos Controller. IBM X-Force ID: 186625

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-12-30 CVE Reserved
2020-11-11 CVE Published
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6339995	2021-07-21

URL	Date	SRC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186625	2021-07-21

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Cognos Controller Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Cognos Controller"				10.3.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Cognos Controller" and version "10.3.0"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Cognos Controller Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Cognos Controller"				10.3.1 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Cognos Controller" and version "10.3.1"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Cognos Controller Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Cognos Controller"				10.4.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Cognos Controller" and version "10.4.0"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Cognos Controller Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Cognos Controller"				10.4.1 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Cognos Controller" and version "10.4.1"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Cognos Controller Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Cognos Controller"				10.4.2 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Cognos Controller" and version "10.4.2"		-		Affected