CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-4689

Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File

Published: Oct 12, 2020 | Modified: Jul 21, 2021
CVSS 3.x
6.8
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
8.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

IBM Security Guardium 11.2 is vulnerable to CVS Injection. A remote privileged attacker could execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of csv file contents. IBM X-ForceID: 186696.

Weakness

The product saves user-provided information into a Comma-Separated Value (CSV) file, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as a command when the file is opened by a spreadsheet product.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Security_guardium Ibm 11.2 (including) 11.2 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References