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CVE-2020-4209

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-4209 is a directory traversal vulnerability affecting IBM Spectrum Protect Plus versions 10.1.0 through 10.1.5. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted URL containing "dot dot" sequences to create arbitrary files on the system. Rated as Medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.4, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires low privileges, potentially leading to limited impact on integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

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

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0136 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 21,977 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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/175019
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/pages/node/6116488
PatchVendor Advisory