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Exploited in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2020-4430

Data Risk Manager

IBM / Data Risk Manager · 2.0.1

Severity
CVSS 4.3 · Medium
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
68.5%
First observed
Last observed

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

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What it is

CVE-2020-4430 is a vulnerability affecting IBM Data Risk Manager. IBM Data Risk Manager 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, and 2.0.4 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker...

Is it exploited?

Yes. KEV Intelligence tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed.

Who is affected?

IBM / Data Risk Manager 2.0.1.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Data Risk Manager

IBM Data Risk Manager 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, and 2.0.4 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to download arbitrary files from the system.

IBM X-Force ID: 180535.

Vendor Product Affected Status
IBM Data Risk Manager 2.0.1 Affected
IBM Data Risk Manager 2.0.2 Affected
IBM Data Risk Manager 2.0.3 Affected
IBM Data Risk Manager 2.0.4 Affected
IBM Data Risk Manager 2.0.5 Affected
IBM Data Risk Manager 2.0.6 Affected
Published
07 May 2020
Exploitation Reported
03 Nov 2021
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None

Tags

cisa

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why KEV Intelligence marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 03 Nov 2021

Independent exploitation attestation added to the KEV Intelligence record.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CISA First 2021-11-03 00:00 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
0
User-Agents
0

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Scanner coverage

No scanner integrations recorded yet.

Virtual patch status

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS

68.5%

All CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1 4.3 Medium

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

CVSS v3.0 4.3 Medium

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

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  2. CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  3. CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2020-4430",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 4.3,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.68544,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}

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