CVE-2020-4209
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.5 could allow a remote attacker to traverse...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-4209- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-25456
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.
- Record
EUVD-2020-25456- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
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 - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6fq7-r3q7-fv44 No score
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.5 could allow a remote attacker to traverse...
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.
- Record
GHSA-6fq7-r3q7-fv44- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-4209- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 5.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-4209 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus, published May 4, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.36%, the 71st percentile. No source names a fixed version.