OS Command Injection in IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus - CVE-2020-4242
Published: April 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26556
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-4242
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM Spectrum Scale
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
IBM Spectrum Scale
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 the "uploadLdapCertificate" method does not properly validate a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call when parsing the "filename" parameter. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary commands on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-4242
Install updates from vendor's website.