IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0/10.1.5 HTTP injection

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0/10.1.5. This impacts an unknown function of the component HTTP Handler. The manipulation leads to injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-4211. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0/10.1.5 (Backup Software) and classified as very critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component HTTP Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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: 175022.

The weakness was disclosed 02/24/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-4211 since 12/30/2019. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around 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.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1055 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

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Type

• Backup Software

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• IBM

Name

• Spectrum Protect Plus

Version

• 10.1.0
• 10.1.5

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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