PT-2019-16849
CVE-2019-4031
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Published
2019-10-16
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Updated
2021-06-07
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
IBM Workload Scheduler Distributed versions 9.2 through 9.5
Description
The issue allows a local user to write files as root in the file system, potentially enabling the attacker to gain root privileges.
Recommendations
For versions 9.2 through 9.5, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue to prevent local users from writing files as root and gaining elevated privileges.
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