What is CVE-2020-4993?

CVE-2020-4993 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2021-05-05.

How severe is CVE-2020-4993?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Path Traversal in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager

CVE-2020-4993

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3 and 7.4 when decompressing or verifying signature of zip files processes data in a way that may be vulnerable to path traversal attacks. IBM X-Force ID: 192905.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.013 (66.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Qradar_security_information_and_event_manager — versions 7.3.3, 7.4.2
Ibm Qradar Siem — versions 7.3, 7.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-4993?: CVE-2020-4993 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2021-05-05.
How severe is CVE-2020-4993?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.