What is CVE-2020-4212?

CVE-2020-4212 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-02-24.

How severe is CVE-2020-4212?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-4212 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus

CVE-2020-4212

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 and 10.1.5 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system. By using a specially crafted HTTP command, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary command on the…

EPSS: 0.197 (95.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AC:L/PR:N/AV:N/I:H/UI:N/C:H/S:U/A:H/RC:C/E:U/RL:O.

Affected products

Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus — versions 10.1.0, 10.1.5

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/3178863 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
ibm-spectrum-cve20204212-code-exec (175023) (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-272/ (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-4212?: CVE-2020-4212 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-02-24.
How severe is CVE-2020-4212?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-4212 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.