01 Record
CVE-2020-4240
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.5 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to overwrite or create
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score4.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/I:L/UI:N/S:U/AC:H/C:N/A:L/AV:N/PR:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O
02 Description
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.5 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to overwrite or create
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.96% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 79.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-03-31 14:31Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 18:39Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-12-30
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/I:L/UI:N/S:U/AC:H/C:N/A:L/AV:N/PR:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7a40500c41c9e2eedf02fffd98399de91e06a5654a09d7eb6efa73a4f6c9fb68
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6116488
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-spectrum-cve20204240-file-write (175417)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175417