CVE-2020-4954medium
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Description
IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1 and 8.1 could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication restrictions, caused by improper session validation . By using the configuration panel to obtain a valid session using an attacker controlled IBM Spectrum Protect server, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass authentication and gain access to a limited number of debug functions, such as logging levels. IBM X-Force ID: 192153.
References
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2021-02-15
Updated: 2021-02-17
Type: CWE-384
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 4.8
Vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Impact Score: 4.9
Exploitability Score: 6.5
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v3
Base Score: 5.4
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Impact Score: 2.5
Exploitability Score: 2.8
Severity: MEDIUM
Vulnerable Software
Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_operations_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_operations_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*