What is CVE-2020-4955?

CVE-2020-4955 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect Operations Center, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2021-02-15.

How severe is CVE-2020-4955?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in Ibm Spectrum Protect Operations Center

CVE-2020-4955

IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1 and 8.1could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper parameter validation. By creating an unspecified servlet request with specially crafted input param…

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.006 (46.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Spectrum Protect Operations Center — versions 8.1, 7.1, 8.1.10.100
Ibm Spectrum_protect_operations_center

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

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-2020-4955?: CVE-2020-4955 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect Operations Center, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2021-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-4955?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.