CVE-2022-43873

IBM Spectrum Virtualize privilege escalation

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An authenticated user can exploit a vulnerability in the IBM Spectrum Virtualize 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, and 8.5 GUI to execute code and escalate their privilege on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 239847.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-10-26 CVE Reserved
2023-02-22 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/239847	2023-11-07
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6858047	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Spectrum Virtualize Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Spectrum Virtualize"				8.2.0.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Spectrum Virtualize" and version "8.2.0.0"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Spectrum Virtualize Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Spectrum Virtualize"				8.3.0.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Spectrum Virtualize" and version "8.3.0.0"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Spectrum Virtualize Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Spectrum Virtualize"				8.4.0.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Spectrum Virtualize" and version "8.4.0.0"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Spectrum Virtualize Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Spectrum Virtualize"				8.5.0.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Spectrum Virtualize" and version "8.5.0.0"		-		Affected