Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-29740

High

Published: 01 June 2021

Published
01 June 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0007 22.3th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

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

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

ibm
spectrum scale
5.0.0.0 — 5.0.5.7 · 5.1.0 — 5.1.1.0

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References