PT-2020-18256 · Ibm · Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus

Published 2020-11-23 · Updated 2022-06-29 · CVE-2020-4854

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM Spectrum Protect Plus versions 10.1.0 through 10.1.6

Description The issue concerns hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, used by IBM Spectrum Protect Plus for inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data.

Recommendations For versions 10.1.0 through 10.1.6, update to a version that does not contain hard-coded credentials to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to components that use these hard-coded credentials until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Using Hardcoded Credentials

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-798

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-4854

Affected Products

Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus

References · 8

• 🔥 https://tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-66 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-4854 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4854 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190454 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ibm.com/support/pages/node/6367823 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/16722 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/6588 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/32374 · Telegram Post