IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0/10.1.5 HTTP injection

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0/10.1.5. Affected is an unknown function of the component HTTP Handler. The manipulation results in injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-4212. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0/10.1.5 (Backup Software). It has been classified as very critical. Affected is an unknown part of the component HTTP Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on 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: 175023.

The weakness was presented 02/24/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-4212 since 12/30/2019. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 02/25/2020). 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 T1055.

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

See VDB-150466, VDB-150467, VDB-150469 and VDB-150470 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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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

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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