Aspera Application Platform On Demand
CVE-2020-4436
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Buffer copy size validation
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, high complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to buffer overflow after valid authentication, which could allow an attacker with intimate knowledge of the system to execute arbitrary code through a. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Always validate buffer sizes before copy operations. Use bounded functions (strncpy, snprintf). Enable compiler protections.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Copy without Size Check (CWE-120), which allows attackers to overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory. Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to buffer overflow after valid authentication, which could allow an attacker with intimate knowledge of the system to execute arbitrary code through a service. IBM X-Force ID: 180902. 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.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to buffer overflow after valid authentication, which could allow an attacker with intimate knowledge of the system to execute arbitrary code through a service. IBM X-Force ID: 180902.
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Attack Technique
A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to arbitrary memory corruption based on the product configuration, which
Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to buffer overflow based on the product configuration and valid authentic
Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. Rat
Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to command injection after valid authentication, which could allow an att
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