What is CVE-2020-4631?

CVE-2020-4631 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-08-04.

How severe is CVE-2020-4631?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

CVE-2020-4631

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.6 agent files, in non-default configurations, on Windows are assigned access to everyone with full control permissions, which could allow a local user to cause interruption of the service operations. IBM X-Force ID: 185372.

EPSS: 0.002 (15.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus — versions 10.1.0, 10.1.6
Ibm Spectrum_protect_plus
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

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-2020-4631?: CVE-2020-4631 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-08-04.
How severe is CVE-2020-4631?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.