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Security Bulletin: Embedded WebSphere Application Server is vulnerable to a command execution vulnerability affect Content Collector for Email

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Summary

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 traditional could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a system with a specially-crafted sequence of serialized objects over the SOAP connector. IBM X-Force ID: 181489.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-4464
DESCRIPTION:   IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 traditional could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a system with a specially-crafted sequence of serialized objects over the SOAP connector. IBM X-Force ID: 181489.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/181489 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
Content Collector for Email4.0.0
Content Collector for Email4.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

ProductVRMRemediation
Content Collector for Email4.0.0, 4.0.1Use Content Collector for Email 4.0.1.9 Interim Fix IF006

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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Change History

06 Aug 2020: Initial Publication

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
06 August 2020

UID

ibm16257151