CVE-2022-40608

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.6 through 10.1.11 Microsoft File Systems restore operation can download any file on the target machine by…

Medium5.9EPSS 1.8%

Published: 19 Sept 2022
Updated: 17 Sept 2024
Reserved: 12 Sept 2022
Assigned by: ibm

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.6 through 10.1.11 Microsoft File Systems restore operation can download any file on the target machine by manipulating the URL with a directory traversal attack. This results in the restore operation gaining access to files which the operator should not have access to. IBM X-Force ID: 235873.

Timeline

2022
12 Sept 2022
12 Sept 2022
ID reserved
By ibm
19 Sept 20227 days later
19 Sept 2022· 7 days later
Published
2024
17 Sept 202424 months later
17 Sept 2024· 24 months later
Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2022-40608, by who scored it
Scored by	CVSS	Score	Vector
ibmCNA (assigner)	3.0	Medium5.9	CVSS:3.0/A:N/I:N/PR:N/AC:H/C:H/AV:N/UI:N/S:U/RC:C/E:U/RL:O
NVDNVD · Modified	3.1	High7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days): 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.

Weakness

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Affected products

IBM · Spectrum Protect Plus
- affected 10.1.6
- affected 10.1.11

References (2)

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6620209 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
ibm-spectrum-cve202240608-dir-traversal (235873) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred

Sources

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Record last updated 17 Sept 2024, 01:06 UTC.