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01 Record

CVE-2020-4534

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by improper handling of UNC paths. By scheduling a

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score7.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/A:H/UI:N/I:H/S:C/PR:L/AV:L/AC:H/C:H/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
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02 Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by improper handling of UNC paths. By scheduling a

03 Exploitation and scoring

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
0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 34.9% 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:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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.

04 Metadata

Published
2020-08-03 12:35Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 03:03Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2019-12-30
Assigning CNA
ibm
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 7.8)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/A:H/UI:N/I:H/S:C/PR:L/AV:L/AC:H/C:H/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
Weaknesses
No CWE assigned
Data version
5.1
Document digest
bf211d4013b3716dfe283584e5d63a2878859b6de0905f1eb1e1cc54603e97bc

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
IBMWebSphere Application Server7.0, 8.0, 8.5, 9.0—

06 References