Path traversal in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus - CVE-2020-4240

 

Path traversal in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus - CVE-2020-4240

Published: April 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU26554
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-4240
CWE-ID: CWE-22
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 perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists within the Administrative Console Framework service due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and overwrite or create arbitrary files on the system


How to mitigate CVE-2020-4240

Install update from vendor's website.

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