Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE-2020-4928
Summary
IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3 could allow a local privileged attacker to upload arbitrary files. By intercepting the request and modifying the file extention, the attacker could execute arbitrary code on the server. IBM X-Force ID: 191705.
- LOW
- LOCAL
- HIGH
- UNCHANGED
- NONE
- HIGH
- HIGH
- HIGH
CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with dangerous type
'Unrestricted file upload with dangerous type' attacks involve an attacker uploading or transferring files of dangerous types to the server. The severity of such an attack depends upon the execution mechanism and the storage location of the uploaded file. Thus, it may range from simple defacement to arbitrary file execution, and complete system takeover.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published