IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.5 could allow a remote attacker to arbitrary delete a directory caused by improper validation…

published 2020-03-31 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25461

cvss: 7.5; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.6%; EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.5 could allow a remote attacker to arbitrary delete a directory caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. IBM X-Force ID: 175026.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6114130 advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/S:U/UI:N/I:H/PR:N/A:N/AV:N/AC:L/C:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CNA	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	6.4	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6114130
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/175026
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4214
NVD CVE-2020-4214

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