What is CVE-2020-4242?

CVE-2020-4242 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-03-31.

How severe is CVE-2020-4242?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus

CVE-2020-4242

IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.5 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerab…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.046 (90.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus — versions 10.1.0, 10.1.5
Ibm Spectrum_protect_plus
Ibm Spectrum_scale

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

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-2020-4242?: CVE-2020-4242 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-03-31.
How severe is CVE-2020-4242?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.