VDB-154903 · CVE-2020-4429 · XFDB 180534

IBM Data Risk Manager up to 2.0.6 hard-coded password

CVSS Meta Temp Score CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.	Current Exploit Price (≈) Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.	CTI Interest Score Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
9.9	$5k-$25k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Data Risk Manager up to 2.0.6. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes hard-coded password. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2020-4429. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in IBM Data Risk Manager up to 2.0.6 and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded password vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-259. The product contains a hard-coded password, which it uses for its own inbound authentication or for outbound communication to external components. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Data Risk Manager 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, and 2.0.6 contains a default password for an IDRM administrative account. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to login and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 180534.

The weakness was presented 05/07/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-4429 since 12/30/2019. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 11/04/2025). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1078.001 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.

See VDB-154901, VDB-154902 and VDB-154904 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Name

Data Risk Manager

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.9

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.8
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 9.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 10.0
CNA Vector (IBM Corporation): 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳

Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Hard-coded password
CWE: CWE-259 / CWE-255
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Today	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

12/30/2019 🔍
05/07/2020 +129 days 🔍
05/08/2020 +1 days 🔍
11/04/2025 +2005 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2020-4429 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-4429
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-154903
X-Force: 180534

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 05/08/2020 10:48
Updated: 11/04/2025 00:56
Changes: 05/08/2020 10:48 (40), 05/08/2020 10:53 (11), 10/16/2020 08:00 (1), 10/16/2020 08:06 (1), 11/04/2025 00:56 (33)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103