IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0/10.1.5 HTTP injection

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0/10.1.5. This affects an unknown function of the component HTTP Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to injection. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-4210. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0/10.1.5 (Backup Software) and classified as very critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component HTTP Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 and 10.1.5 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system. By using a specially crafted HTTP command, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary command on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 175020.

The weakness was released 02/24/2020 (Website). The advisory is available at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-4210 since 12/30/2019. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/25/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.This vulnerability is assigned to T1055 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-150467, VDB-150468, VDB-150469 and VDB-150470. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Backup Software

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• IBM

Name

• Spectrum Protect Plus

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• 10.1.0
• 10.1.5

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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