IBM Spectrum Protect Plus up to 10.1.5 Incomplete Fix CVE-2020-4211 command injection

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus up to 10.1.5 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Incomplete Fix CVE-2020-4211. The manipulation results in command injection. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2020-4469. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus up to 10.1.5 (Backup Software). Affected is an unknown code of the component Incomplete Fix CVE-2020-4211. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command 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 through 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. This vulnerability is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-4211. IBM X-Force ID: 181724.

The weakness was disclosed 06/15/2020 (Website). The advisory is available at ibm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-4469 since 12/30/2019. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. 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 06/16/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.This vulnerability is assigned to T1202 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.

The entries VDB-156763 and VDB-156764 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Backup Software

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• 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

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• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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