Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-4789
DESCRIPTION: IBM QRadar could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/189302 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM QRadar SIEM 7.4.2 GA to 7.4.2 Patch 1
IBM QRadar SIEM 7.4.0 to 7.4.1 Patch 1
IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3.0 to 7.3.3 Patch 5
Remediation/Fixes
QRadar / QRM / QVM 7.4.2 Patch 2
QRadar / QRM / QVM 7.4.1 Patch 2
QRadar / QRM / QVM 7.3.3 Patch 7
QRadar incident forensics please use the SFS below
QRadar Incident Forensics / QNI 7.4.2 Patch 2
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
This vulnerability was reported to IBM by Khoa Pham of VietSunshine Cyber Security Services
Change History
26 Jan 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.
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
09 February 2021
UID
ibm16408862