Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU9340

Privilege escalation in Service Assistant GUI - CVE-2017-1710

Published: November 15, 2017

Vulnerability identifier: #VU9340

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1710

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: IBM Corporation

Affected software:
Service Assistant GUI

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to a flaw in the Service Assistant graphical user interface (GUI). A remote attacker can gain elevated privileges.

Update to version 8.1.0.1.