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CVE-2020-4222

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-4222 describes a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting IBM Spectrum Protect Plus versions 10.1.0 and 10.1.5. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted HTTP command, leading to full compromise of the system. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability requires no authentication or user interaction and allows for complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Despite its severity and high FAUCET Risk Score, there is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 10.1.0, < 10.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect:10.1.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
15.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1549 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/175091
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/pages/node/3178863
PatchVendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-20-271
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry