Use of hard-coded credentials in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus - CVE-2020-4208
Published: April 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26558
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-4208
CWE-ID: CWE-798
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain full access to vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists within the Administrative Console Framework service due to the service uses a hard-coded password as the current password while resetting the password of the serveradmin user. A remote unauthenticated attacker can access the affected system using the hard-coded credentials.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-4208
Install updates from vendor's website.