THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2020-4415
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2020-4415

Spectrum Protect vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
8.1%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 server is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. This could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of an administrator or user associated with the Spectrum Protect server or cause the Spectrum Protect server to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 179990.
Affected vendor
Ibm
Affected product
Spectrum Protect
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write
Published
2020-04-23

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-4415

  • Confirm whether Ibm Spectrum Protect is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-4415.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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