IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0/10.1.5 HTTP injection

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0/10.1.5. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component HTTP Handler. Such manipulation leads to injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2020-4222. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0/10.1.5 (Backup Software). It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block 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. 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: 175091.

The weakness was published 02/24/2020 (Website). The advisory is available at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-4222 since 12/30/2019. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for 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.

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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

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• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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