CVE-2021-29740
Published: 01 June 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-29740 is a high-severity Use of Externally-Controlled Format String (CWE-134) vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Scale. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 22.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-16214
Vulnerability details
IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.6 and 5.1.0 through 5.1.0.3 system core component is affected by a format string security vulnerability. An attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of process memory, potentially escalating their system privileges and taking…
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control over the entire system with root access. IBM X-Force ID: 201474.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.