Path traversal in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus - CVE-2020-4209
Published: April 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26578
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-4209
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in uploadLdapCertificate and uploadHttpsCertificate. A remote authenticated user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and create arbitrary files on the system.
Affected software
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
How to mitigate CVE-2020-4209
Install update from vendor's website.
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus - update to 10.1.5.2199