Vulnerability · Published Nov 11, 2020 · Assigned by ibm
CVE-2020-4685
High 8.0
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Cognos Controller from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.4% (higher than 73% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.0)8.0High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 26.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| IBM | Cognos Controller | 10.3.110.3.010.4.010.4.110.4.2 |
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6339995 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- ibm-cognos-cve20204685-priv-escalation (186625) vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF