CVE-2020-4242

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

4.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 91.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2020-03-31 14:31Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 20:58Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-12-30

Assigning CNA

ibm

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/A:H/AV:N/PR:L/AC:L/C:H/UI:N/I:H/S:U/RL:O/RC:C/E:U

Weaknesses

• CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b66e68918fb98671560569c47f4373c50bac97bc3b51380c5a0e290be4072f8f

• www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6114130x_refsource_CONFIRM
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-spectrum-cve20204242-command-injection (175419)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175419vdb-entryx_refsource_XF