CVE-2020-4278

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

0.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 19.7% 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

2020-03-05 15:20Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 20:16Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-12-30

Assigning CNA

ibm

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.4)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

aa4ba3f791079baf6ae8dbe4dcfd5b4007aa7f1d5018c51fffa050811366159a

• www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/3357549x_refsource_CONFIRM
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-spectrum-cve20204278-priv-escalation (176137)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/176137vdb-entryx_refsource_XF