What is CVE-2020-4789?

CVE-2020-4789 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-01-27.

How severe is CVE-2020-4789?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager

CVE-2020-4789

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.4.2 GA to 7.4.2 Patch 1, 7.4.0 to 7.4.1 Patch 1, and 7.3.0 to 7.3.3 Patch 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 view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 189302.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.026 (83.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Qradar_security_information_and_event_manager — versions 7.3.0, 7.3.1, 7.3.2
Ibm Qradar Siem — versions 7.3.0, 7.4.0, 7.3.3 Patch 5

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-2020-4789?: CVE-2020-4789 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-01-27.
How severe is CVE-2020-4789?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.