01 Record
CVE-2020-4829
IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a local user to exploit a vulnerability in the ksu user command to gain root privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 189960.
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score8.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AC:L/PR:N/A:H/I:H/AV:L/S:U/UI:N/C:H/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
02 Description
IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a local user to exploit a vulnerability in the ksu user command to gain root privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 189960.
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
- 0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 28.4% 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-12-10 22:11Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 18:04Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-12-30
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AC:L/PR:N/A:H/I:H/AV:L/S:U/UI:N/C:H/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a9bbde17c951b2ae60b71cb96abe291895f588b85a28c3385bdd6345b7e496dd
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6380430
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-aix-cve20204829-priv-escalation (189960)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/189960