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Vulnerability · Published Jun 15, 2020 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2020-4406

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Spectrum Protect Client (AIX) from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 58% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 42.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM Spectrum Protect Client 8.1.7.0 through 8.1.9.1 (Linux and Windows), 8.1.9.0 trough 8.1.9.1 (AIX) and IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management 8.1.7.0 through 8.1.9.1 (Linux), 8.1.9.0 through 8.1.9.1 (AIX) web user interfaces could allow a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action of the victim. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack the victim's click actions and possibly launch further attacks against the victim. IBM X-Force ID: 179488.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
IBM Spectrum Protect Client (Linux and Windows) 8.1.7.08.1.9.1
IBM Spectrum Protect Client (AIX) 8.1.9.08.1.9.1
IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management (AIX) 8.1.9.08.1.9.1
IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management (Linux) 8.1.7.08.1.9.1

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