Medium severity · published Dec 14, 2022
CVE-2020-4497
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus information disclosure
5.9
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.12 discloses sensitive information due to unencrypted data being used in the communication flow between Spectrum Protect Plus vSnap and its agents. An attacker could obtain information using main in the middle techniques. IBM X-Force ID: 182106.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 35% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SP
Spectrum Protect Plus · IBM
10.1.0 before 10.1.12 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4497
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-4497
VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/182106
Patch
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6847627
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