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CVE-2020-4497

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-4497 is a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability affecting IBM Spectrum Protect Plus versions 10.1.0 through 10.1.12. It arises from unencrypted communication between the vSnap component and its agents, allowing an attacker to intercept data via man-in-the-middle techniques. With a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium), this vulnerability has a high confidentiality impact and a high attack complexity, but does not require user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 10.1.0, < 10.1.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.1.0, < 10.1.12CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.8MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 4th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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/182106
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/pages/node/6847627
PatchVendor Advisory