Vulnerability · Published Apr 15, 2020 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2020-4270

High 8.4

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Qradar from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 42% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)8.4High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 57.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM QRadar 7.3.0 to 7.3.3 Patch 2 could allow a local user to gain escalated privileges due to weak file permissions. IBM X-ForceID: 175846.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	Qradar	7.3.3.Patch2
IBM	QRadar	7.3.0

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6189657 x_refsource_CONFIRM
ibm-qradar-cve20204270-priv-escalation (175846) vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
20200421 Local privilege escalation in QRadar due to run-result-reader.sh insecure file permissions mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157335/QRadar-Community-Edition-7.3.1.6-Insecure-File-Permissions.html x_refsource_MISC