CVE-2020-4678

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Published Oct 12, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 4.9 Medium EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

IBM Security Guardium 11.2 could allow an attacker with admin access to obtain and read files that they normally would not have access to. IBM X-Force ID: 186423.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

Security Guardium

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`11.2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_guardium:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-25925	IBM Security Guardium 11.2 could allow an attacker with admin access to obtain and read files that they normally would not have access to. IBM X-Force ID: 186423.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.2% (1.242% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186423
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6346884

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Security Guardium

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 1:35 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: ibm
Published: Oct 12, 2020, 1:20 PM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 1:35 AM
Reserved: Dec 30, 2019, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:20 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 12, 2020, 2:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:20 AM

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