CVE-2020-4206

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.5 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. IBM X-Force ID: 174966.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20 CWE-78

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Mar 31, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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