HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2020-4620

Data Risk Manager vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
5.2%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
IBM Data Risk Manager (iDNA) 2.0.6 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files, caused by the improper validation of file extensions. By sending a specially-crafted HTTP request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to upload a malicious file, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system. IBM X-Force ID: 184979.
Affected vendor
Ibm
Affected product
Data Risk Manager
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Published
2020-09-22

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low 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 5.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-4620

  • Confirm whether Ibm Data Risk Manager is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-4620.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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