CVE-2020-4494 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2020-4494

IBM Spectrum Protect Client 8.1.7.0 through 8.1.9.1 (Linux and Windows),...

Vulnerability Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Client 8.1.7.0 through 8.1.9.1 (Linux and Windows), 8.1.9.0 trough 8.1.9.1 (AIX) and IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management 8.1.7.0 through 8.1.9.1 (Linux), 8.1.9.0 through 8.1.9.1 (AIX) web user interfaces could allow an attacker to bypass authentication due to improper session validation which can result in access to unauthorized resources. IBM X-Force ID: 182019.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Spectrum Protect for Space Management (Linux), Spectrum Protect for Space Management (AIX), Spectrum Protect Client (AIX), Spectrum Protect Client (Linux and Windows)
Vulnerable Versions:
8.1.7.0, 8.1.9.1, 8.1.9.0

Timeline

Official Publish: June 15th, 2020
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/I:N/A:N/S:U/UI:N/C:H/AC:L/PR:N/AV:N/RL:O/RC:C/E:U

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.