IBM Spectrum Protect up to 8.1.10.000 Container Pool missing encryption
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A vulnerability was found in IBM Spectrum Protect up to 8.1.10.000 (Backup Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Container Pool Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing encryption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-311. The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:
IBM Spectrum Protect Server 8.1.0.000 through 8.1.10.000 could disclose sensitive information in nondefault settings due to occasionally not encrypting the second chunk of an object in an encrypted container pool. IBM X-Force ID: 184746.
The weakness was shared 08/28/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-4591 since 12/30/2019. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/29/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The entry 160423 is related to this item.
Product
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Vendor
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 2.7VulDB Meta Temp Score: 2.7
VulDB Base Score: 2.5
VulDB Temp Score: 2.5
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Exploiting
Class: Missing encryptionCWE: CWE-311 / CWE-310
ATT&CK: T1600
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
12/30/2019 🔍08/28/2020 🔍
08/29/2020 🔍
11/11/2020 🔍
Sources
Vendor: ibm.comAdvisory: ibm.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2020-4591 (🔍)
X-Force: 184746
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Entry
Created: 08/29/2020 08:07Updated: 11/11/2020 21:27
Changes: 08/29/2020 08:07 (40), 08/29/2020 08:12 (12), 11/11/2020 21:20 (2), 11/11/2020 21:27 (1)
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