CVE-2020-4241 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.5 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. IBM X-Force ID: 175418.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.10297.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

Spectrum Protect Plus

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`10.1.0`	affected	—
`10.1.5`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_plus::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale::::::::

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Ibm Subscribe	Spectrum Protect Plus Subscribe Spectrum Scale Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175418
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6114130

History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.08889}`	epss `{'score': 0.0913}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2020-03-31T14:31:51.851Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:10:59.766Z

Reserved: 2019-12-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-4241

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-03-31T15:15:21.253

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:32:26.877

Link: CVE-2020-4241

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-78

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