CVE-2020-4711

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Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.6 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 view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 187501.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/187501

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6328867

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2020-09-15

Updated: 2020-09-16

Type: CWE-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

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

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 8

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

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

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 2.8

Severity: MEDIUM

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from 10.1.0 to 10.1.6 (inclusive)