What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-4433?

CVE-2020-4433 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 5.1%.

Aspera Application Platform On Demand CVE-2020-4433

HIGH

Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)

2020-06-10 psirt@us.ibm.com

Buffer Overflow RCE IBM Aspera Application Platform On Demand Aspera Faspex On Demand Aspera High Speed Transfer Endpoint Aspera High Speed Transfer Server Aspera High Speed Transfer Server For Cloud Pak For Integration Aspera Proxy Server Aspera Server On Demand Aspera Shares On Demand Aspera Streaming Aspera Transfer Cluster Manager

7.5

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

7.5 HIGH

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

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Jun 10, 2020 - 13:15 nvd

HIGH 7.5

DescriptionNVD

Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. This could allow a remote attacker with intimate knowledge of the server to execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of root or cause server to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 180814.

AnalysisAI

Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-20. Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. This could allow a remote attacker with intimate knowledge of the server to execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of root or cause server to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 180814. Affected products include: Ibm Aspera Application Platform On Demand, Ibm Aspera Faspex On Demand, Ibm Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint, Ibm Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server, Ibm Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server For Cloud Pak For Integration.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.