IBM Spectrum Protect Plus up to 10.1.5 Request os command injection

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus up to 10.1.5. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation as part of Request can lead to os command injection. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-4241. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus up to 10.1.5 (Backup Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation as part of a Request leads to a os command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.5 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 175418.

The weakness was released 03/31/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-4241 since 12/30/2019. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is required for exploitation. 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 04/01/2020). 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 T1202.

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-152467, VDB-152468, VDB-152469 and VDB-152477. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Backup Software

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Spectrum Protect Plus

Version

• 10.1.0
• 10.1.1
• 10.1.2
• 10.1.3
• 10.1.4
• 10.1.5

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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