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01 Record

CVE-2020-4496

The IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0.0 through 10.1.8.x server connection to an IBM Spectrum Protect Plus workload agent is subject to a man-in-the-middle attack due to improper certificate

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score6.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/C:H/I:N/UI:N/AV:N/AC:H/S:C/PR:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
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02 Description

The IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0.0 through 10.1.8.x server connection to an IBM Spectrum Protect Plus workload agent is subject to a man-in-the-middle attack due to improper certificate

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
0.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 48.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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
2021-12-13 18:35Z4 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-16 16:22Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2019-12-30
Assigning CNA
ibm
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 6.8)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/C:H/I:N/UI:N/AV:N/AC:H/S:C/PR:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Weaknesses
  • CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
06957625906d1ed2895c513ae529a14beb69dc655a56f4cc0761f1bc5ba070b9

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
IBMSpectrum Protect Plus10.1.0.0, 10.1.8.0—

06 References