IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.5 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system.

published 2020-05-04 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25456

cvss: 5.4; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.4%; EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6116488 advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	5.4	CVSS:3.0/I:L/S:U/PR:L/UI:N/C:N/A:L/AV:N/AC:L/RC:C/E:U/RL:O
NVD	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CNA	3.0	5.4	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
NVD	2.0	5.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6116488
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/175019
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4209
NVD CVE-2020-4209

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