CVE-2020-4497 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.12 discloses sensitive information due to unencrypted data being used in the communication flow between Spectrum Protect Plus vSnap and its agents. An attacker could obtain information using main in the middle techniques. IBM X-Force ID: 182106.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0005.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Ibm	Spectrum Protect Plus

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-25744	IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.12 discloses sensitive information due to unencrypted data being used in the communication flow between Spectrum Protect Plus vSnap and its agents. An attacker could obtain information using main in the middle techniques. IBM X-Force ID: 182106.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/182106
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6847627

History

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2022-12-14T21:50:35.313Z

Updated: 2025-04-17T20:06:39.906Z

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

Link: CVE-2020-4497

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T08:07:48.615Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-14T22:15:10.340

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:32:49.013

Link: CVE-2020-4497

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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