IBM Global Security Toolkit CVE-2018-1431 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	105546
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2018-1431
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Aug 01 2018 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 11 2018 11:00AM
Credit:	IBM
Vulnerable:	IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.3 IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0.2 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.3.8 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.3.4 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.2.3 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.2.1 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.2.0 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.1.2 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.1.1 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.1.0 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.4 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.3 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.2 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.1 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.0 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.9 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.7 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.6 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.5 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.3 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.2 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.19 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.15 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.10 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.1 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.0 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1 IBM General Parallel File System(GPFS) 4.1 IBM General Parallel File System(GPFS) 4.1.0.8 IBM General Parallel File System(GPFS) 4.1.0.7 IBM General Parallel File System(GPFS) 4.1.0.6 IBM General Parallel File System(GPFS) 4.1.0.0 IBM DB2 11.1 IBM DB2 10.5
Not Vulnerable:	IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.1 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.3.9 IBM General Parallel File System(GPFS) 4.1.1.20

IBM Global Security Toolkit CVE-2018-1431 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

IBM Global Security Toolkit is prone to a local privilege escalation vulnerability.

Local attackers can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges.

The following IBM Spectrum Scale versions are vulnerable:
IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.0.2
IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.3.0 through 4.2.3.8
IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.2.0 through 4.2.2.3
IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.1.0 through 4.2.1.2
IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.0 through 4.2.0.4
IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.0 through 4.1.1.19

IBM Global Security Toolkit CVE-2018-1431 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

IBM Global Security Toolkit CVE-2018-1431 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

IBM Global Security Toolkit CVE-2018-1431 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

• IBM Homepage (IBM)
  
• Vulnerabilities in GSKit affect IBM Spectrum Scale (CVE-2018-1431, CVE-2017-3736 (IBM)
  
• Vulnerabilities in GSKit affect IBM Spectrum Scale used by DB2® pureScale�?� (CVE- (IBM)