THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2020-4436
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2020-4436

Aspera Application Platform On Demand vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.1%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to buffer overflow after valid authentication, which could allow an attacker with intimate knowledge of the system to execute arbitrary code through a service. IBM X-Force ID: 180902.
Affected vendor
Ibm
Affected product
Aspera Application Platform On Demand
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-120 — Classic Buffer Overflow
Published
2020-06-10

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-4436

  • Confirm whether Ibm Aspera Application Platform On Demand is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-4436.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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