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CVE-2020-4415

CRITICAL
Published 2020-04-23T13:10:24.859780Z
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CVSS Score

V3.0
9.8
/10
CVSS:3.0/PR:N/AC:L/AV:N/S:U/I:H/A:H/C:H/UI:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.246
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 24.6% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.958
Higher than 95.8% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

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

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 server is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. This could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of an administrator or user associated with the Spectrum Protect server or cause the Spectrum Protect server to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 179990.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

IBM

Spectrum Protect

Affected Versions:

7.1.0.0 7.1.10.0 8.1.0.0 8.1.9.200

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-j8gx-2792-8g3x

Advisory Details

IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 server is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. This could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of an administrator or user associated with the Spectrum Protect server or cause the Spectrum Protect server to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 179990.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4415
WEB https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179990
WEB https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6195706

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

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6195706
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179990
Published: 2020-04-23T13:10:24.859780Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-17T00:20:53.086Z
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