IBM Spectrum Protect Plus up to 10.1.5 Administrative Console unrestricted upload

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus up to 10.1.5. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Administrative Console. This manipulation causes unrestricted upload. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2020-4470. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus up to 10.1.5 (Backup Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Administrative Console. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.5 Administrative Console could allow an authenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files which could be execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable server. IBM X-Force ID: 181725.

The weakness was presented 06/15/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at ibm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-4470 since 12/30/2019. The attack can be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. 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 06/16/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1608.002 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.

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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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