CVE-2020-4430
Actively exploited. CVE-2020-4430 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2020-4430 is indexed in Metasploit. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
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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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 99% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2020-4430 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
- MetasploitA Metasploit Framework module targets this CVE — weaponized, point-and-click exploitation.look it up ↗
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2020-4430: IBM Data Risk Manager Directory Traversal Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2021-11-03
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