What is CVE-2018-1495?

CVE-2018-1495 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Flashsystem_840, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-05-29.

How severe is CVE-2018-1495?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Ibm Flashsystem_840

CVE-2018-1495

IBM FlashSystem V840 and V900 products could allow an authenticated attacker with specialized access to overwrite arbitrary files which could cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 141148.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.016 (73.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)
psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1495?: CVE-2018-1495 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Flashsystem_840, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-05-29.
How severe is CVE-2018-1495?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.