Vulnerability · Published Dec 24, 2020 · Assigned by jpcert

CVE-2020-5684

Medium 4.8

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Management software for NEC Storage disk array system from NEC Corporation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)4.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

iSM client versions from V5.1 prior to V12.1 running on NEC Storage Manager or NEC Storage Manager Express does not verify a server certificate properly, which allows a man-in-the-middle attacker to eavesdrop on an encrypted communication or alter the communication via a crafted certificate.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
NEC Corporation Management software for NEC Storage disk array system iSM client versions from V5.1 prior to V12.1 running on NEC Storage Manager or NEC Storage Manager Express

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