CVE-2020-4240

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-03-31 · 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 to overwrite or create arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 175417.

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus: from 10.1.0 through 10.1.5

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175417
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6116488
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175417
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6116488

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