Security Bulletin: Authentication Bypass, Arbitrary Directory Deletion, and Command Injection vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus (CVE-2020-4208, CVE-2020-4214, CVE-2020-4206, CVE-2020-4241, CVE-2020-4242)

Summary

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is vulnerable to authentication bypass, arbitrary directory deletion, and command injection which allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-4208
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Spectrum Protect Plus contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174975 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2020-4214
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could allow a remote attacker to arbitrary delete a directory caused by improper validation of user-supplied input.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175026 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2020-4206
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system in the context of root user, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174966 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-4241
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175418 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-4242
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175419 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Workarounds and Mitigations

None