CVE-2020-4430: IBM Data Risk Manager Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
IBM Data Risk Manager contains a directory traversal vulnerability that could allow a remote authenticated attacker to traverse directories and send a specially crafted URL request to download arbitrary files from the system.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- IBM Data Risk Manager contains a directory traversal vulnerability.
- Who is affected
- Remote authenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability.
- Urgency
- This is a critical vulnerability that requires immediate attention due to its potential for exploitation.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of IBM Data Risk Manager to mitigate this vulnerability.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4430
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2020-4430Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 99% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-4430 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for IBM Data Risk
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- criticalexploitedCVE-2020-4428: IBM Data Risk Manager Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2021-11-03
- criticalexploitedCVE-2020-4427: IBM Data Risk Manager Security Bypass Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2021-11-03
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