What is CVE-2020-4242?

CVE-2020-4242 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus. 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.

Vulnerability 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…

EPSS: 0.031 (87.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/A:H/AV:N/PR:L/AC:L/C:H/UI:N/I:H/S:U/RL:O/RC:C/E:U.

Affected products

Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus — versions 10.1.0, 10.1.5

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6114130 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
ibm-spectrum-cve20204242-command-injection (175419) (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-4242?: CVE-2020-4242 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus. 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.