CVE-2020-4689 Command injection in Security Guardium
A remote privileged attacker can execute arbitrary commands on IBM Security Guardium due to improper validation of CSV file contents.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-4689?
CVE-2020-4689 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Ibm Security Guardium, published on 12 Oct 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 is vulnerable to CVS Injection. A remote privileged attacker could execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of csv file contents. IBM X-ForceID: 186696.
Weakness: CWE-1236
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4689?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Security Guardium.
How do I fix CVE-2020-4689?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4689 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2020-4689 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4689 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Security Guardium
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5q7j-38f7-wf38.