PT-2020-5174 · Ibm · Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus

Published 2020-03-31 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-4206

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.0

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM Spectrum Protect Plus versions 10.1.0 through 10.1.5

Description The issue is caused by improper validation of user-supplied input, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system in the context of the root user. This could potentially lead to privilege escalation and remote code execution.

Recommendations For IBM Spectrum Protect Plus versions 10.1.0 through 10.1.5, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

OS Command Injection

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-05787

CVE-2020-4206

ZDI-20-342

Affected Products

Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus

References · 8

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-342 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-05787 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4206 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174966 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-4206 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ibm.com/support/pages/node/6114130 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2020-4206 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/2291 · Telegram Post