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CVE-2020-4388

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 could be vulnerable to a denial of service attack by failing to catch exceptions in a

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 could be vulnerable to a denial of service attack by failing to catch exceptions in a servlet also exposing debug information could also be used in future attacks. IBM X-Force ID: 179270.

HIGH · CVSS 8.2 EPSS 0.00202
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-755Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
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Affected Products & Versions

3
ibm cognos analytics>= 11.0.0 and < 11.0.13
ibm cognos analytics>= 11.1.0 and <= 11.1.7
ibm cognos analyticsall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

8.2
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · psirt@us.ibm.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD12 Oct 2020 · 02:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179270VDB EntryVendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6346922PatchVendor Advisory
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