Command Injection in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus - CVE-2020-4212

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Command Injection in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus - CVE-2020-4212

Published: March 6, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU25798
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-4212
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists within the Administrative Console Framework service due to improper validation of a user-supplied string in the "hfpackage" parameter before using it to execute a system call. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP command and execute arbitrary command on the system.


How to mitigate CVE-2020-4212

Install updates from vendor's website.

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