CVE-2020-4209 MEDIUM

CVE-2020-4209

Vendor Ibm
Product Spectrum Protect Plus
Published May 4, 2020
Last update September 16, 2024

CVSS base score

5.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/I:L/S:U/PR:L/UI:N/C:N/A:L/AV:N/AC:L/RC:C/E:U/RL:O

What the vulnerability does

01Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.5 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to create arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 175019.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 4, 2020 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated