Vulnerability · Published Jan 27, 2021 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2020-4789

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in QRadar SIEM from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.6% (higher than 85% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)2.6%top 14.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.4.2 GA to 7.4.2 Patch 1, 7.4.0 to 7.4.1 Patch 1, and 7.3.0 to 7.3.3 Patch 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 view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 189302.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3.07.4.07.3.3 Patch 57.4.1 Patch 17.4.2.GA7.4.2 Patch 1

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