CVE-2020-4270

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

0.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 40.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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

2020-04-15 15:13Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-17 02:53Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-12-30

Assigning CNA

ibm

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.4)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-276Incorrect Default PermissionsBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

5fb1c847bbd7051ccee3eedb4322172cefedd234d334f24ab0a9d0c5343f8acc

• www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6189657x_refsource_CONFIRM
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-qradar-cve20204270-priv-escalation (175846)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175846vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• seclists.org20200421 Local privilege escalation in QRadar due to run-result-reader.sh insecure file permissionshttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Apr/38mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157335/QRadar-Community-Edition-7.3.1.6-Insecure-File-Permissions.htmlx_refsource_MISC