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Vulnerability · Published Jun 15, 2020 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2020-4494

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-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 2.3% (higher than 83% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.3%top 16.8% 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 an attacker to bypass authentication due to improper session validation which can result in access to unauthorized resources. IBM X-Force ID: 182019.

Affected products (as reported)

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

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