CVE-2020-4471
mediumpriority · track · 27OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.027 · 86 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
2.65% (86th) EPSS
CVSS 6.4 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.5 could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service or hijack DNS sessions by send a specially crafted HTTP command to the remote server. IBM X-Force ID: 181726.
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cvss
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6.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Lprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.5
v3.04.8mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Lsecondary · psirt@us.ibm.com USexploitability 2.2 · impact 2.5
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weaknesses
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affected products (3)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (12)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/181726cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4471cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-ibm-spectrum-protect-plus-cve-2020-4469-cve-2020-4471-cve-2020-4470-2/cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-ibm-spectrum-protect-plus-cve-2020-4469-cve-2020-4471-cve-2020-4470/cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6221358cnnvd
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-37cnnvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/181726enisa_euvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6221358enisa_euvd
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