CVE-2020-4631 Misconfiguration in Spectrum Protect Plus

Medium 5.1 Published 4 Aug 2020 Updated 17 Sep 2024

Local users can disrupt service operations due to excessive file permissions in non-default Windows configurations of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2020-4631?

CVE-2020-4631 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, published on 4 Aug 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-732

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4631?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus.

How do I fix CVE-2020-4631?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4631 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-4631 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4631 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7xv5-2fmr-w625.