CVE-2020-4209

MEDIUM 5.4CVE-2020-4209 · Published 04/05/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-4209 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability affecting spectrum protect plus (ibm).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 71.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
spectrum protect plus ibm	`≥ 10.1.0, ≤ 10.1.5`	No fix yet

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.5 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to create arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 175019.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175019 · VDB Entry
ibm.com/support/pages/node/6116488 · Patch

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

spectrum protect plus

ibm

≥ 10.1.0, ≤ 10.1.5

No fix yet

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