What is CVE-2020-4209?

CVE-2020-4209 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-05-04.

How severe is CVE-2020-4209?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Path Traversal in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

CVE-2020-4209

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.5 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to create arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 175019.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.014 (68.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus — versions 10.1.0, 10.1.5
Ibm Spectrum_protect_plus
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-4209?: CVE-2020-4209 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-05-04.
How severe is CVE-2020-4209?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.