Path traversal in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus - CVE-2020-4240
Published: April 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26554
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-4240
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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
Affected software
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
How to mitigate CVE-2020-4240
Install update from vendor's website.
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus - update to 10.1.5.2199