IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.5 discloses highly sensitive information in plain text in the virgo log file which could be u…

published 2020-06-15 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25724

cvss: 5.3; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 61%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.5 discloses highly sensitive information in plain text in the virgo log file which could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 181779.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6221388 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	5.3	CVSS:3.0/S:U/UI:N/I:N/A:N/AV:N/C:H/AC:H/PR:L/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.0	5.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

Classification

Weakness

CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6221388
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/181779
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4477
NVD CVE-2020-4477

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