Vulnerability CVE-2020-4891
Published: 2021-03-16

Description:
IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.5 and 5.1.0 through 5.1.0.2 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a local user er to brute force Rest API account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 190974.

Type:

CWE-307

 (Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
IBM -> Spectrum scale 

 References:
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190974
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6430147
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