CVE-2020-4209

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-05-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.5 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 create arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 175019.

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus: from 10.1.0 through 10.1.5

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175019
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6116488
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175019
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6116488

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