CVE-2020-4954 (GCVE-0-2020-4954)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-15 15:05 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:21
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Summary
IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1 and 8.1 could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication restrictions, caused by improper session validation . By using the configuration panel to obtain a valid session using an attacker controlled IBM Spectrum Protect server, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass authentication and gain access to a limited number of debug functions, such as logging levels. IBM X-Force ID: 192153.
Severity
4.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/C:L/I:L/AV:A/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/AC:H/A:N/RL:O/E:U/RC:C
CWE
  • Bypass Security
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center Affected: 8.1
Affected: 7.1
Affected: 8.1.10.100
Affected: 7.1.12
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Date Public
2021-02-12 00:00
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