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CVE-2020-4209

MEDIUM
Published 2020-05-04T13:30:13.384482Z
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CVSS Score

V3.0
5.4
/10
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
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.004
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.4% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.616
Higher than 61.6% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW

Description

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

IBM

Spectrum Protect Plus

Affected Versions:

10.1.0 10.1.5

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-6fq7-r3q7-fv44

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4209
WEB https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175019
WEB https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6116488

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 24, 2022, Modified: May 24, 2022

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6116488
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175019
Published: 2020-05-04T13:30:13.384482Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-16T18:04:19.239Z
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