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CVE-2022-40608

MEDIUM
Published 2022-09-19T17:25:13.593524Z
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CVSS Score

V3.0
5.9
/10
CVSS:3.0/A:N/I:N/PR:N/AC:H/C:H/AV:N/UI:N/S:U/RC:C/E:U/RL:O
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.003
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.3% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.533
Higher than 53.3% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

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

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.6 through 10.1.11 Microsoft File Systems restore operation can download any file on the target machine by manipulating the URL with a directory traversal attack. This results in the restore operation gaining access to files which the operator should not have access to. IBM X-Force ID: 235873.

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:

10.1.6 10.1.11

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-m8r8-8368-mvmm

Advisory Details

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.6 through 10.1.11 Microsoft File Systems restore operation can download any file on the target machine by manipulating the URL with a directory traversal attack. This results in the restore operation gaining access to files which the operator should not have access to. IBM X-Force ID: 235873.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40608
WEB https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235873
WEB https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6620209

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: September 20, 2022, Modified: September 22, 2022

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6620209
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235873
Published: 2022-09-19T17:25:13.593524Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-17T01:06:47.956Z
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