CVE-2020-4631
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.6 agent files, in non-default configurations, on...
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.6 agent files, in non-default configurations, on Windows are assigned access to everyone with full control permissions, which could allow a local user to cause interruption of the service operations. IBM X-Force ID: 185372.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.6 agent files, in non-default configurations, on Windows are assigned access to everyone with full control permissions, which could allow a local user to cause interruption of the service operations. IBM X-Force ID: 185372.
- Record
CVE-2020-4631- CVSS 3.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/UI:N/AV:L/C:H/AC:H/I:N/A:N/PR:N/S:U/RL:O/RC:C/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-25878
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.6 agent files, in non-default configurations, on Windows are assigned access to everyone with full control permissions, which could allow a local user to cause interruption of the service operations. IBM X-Force ID: 185372.
- Record
EUVD-2020-25878- CVSS 3.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/UI:N/AV:L/C:H/AC:H/I:N/A:N/PR:N/S:U/RL:O/RC:C/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7xv5-2fmr-w625 No score
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.6 agent files, in non-default configurations, on...
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.6 agent files, in non-default configurations, on Windows are assigned access to everyone with full control permissions, which could allow a local user to cause interruption of the service operations. IBM X-Force ID: 185372.
- Record
GHSA-7xv5-2fmr-w625- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.6 agent files, in non-default configurations, on Windows are assigned access to everyone with full control permissions, which could allow a local user to cause interruption of the service operations. IBM X-Force ID: 185372.
- Record
CVE-2020-4631- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 1.9 Low
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-732
- 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-2020-4631 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) in Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus, published August 4, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.24%, the 15th percentile. No source names a fixed version.