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Security Bulletin: PostgreSQL vulnerabilities in IBM Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere - CVE-2020-10733

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere is vulnerable to attacks involving PostgreSQL.

Vulnerability Details

Refer to the security bulletin(s) listed in the Remediation/Fixes section

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere11.0

Remediation/Fixes

CVEID:   CVE-2020-10733
DESCRIPTION: The Windows installer for PostgreSQL 9.5 - 12 invokes system-provided executables that do not have fully qualified paths. Executables in the directory where the installer loads or the current working directory take precedence over the intended executables. An attacker having permission to add files into one of those directories can use this to execute arbitrary code with the installer's administrative rights.CVSS Base score: 6.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188396 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

23 Jul 2021: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
04 August 2021

Initial Publish date:
23 July 2021

UID

ibm16475291