CVE-2020-4302 — Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File in IBM Cognos Analytics

CWE-1236 — Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV FileCWE-755 — Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.4%
top 19.77%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
IBM Cognos Analytics
Timeline
PublishedOct 12
Latest updateMay 24

Description

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a CSV injection. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted excel file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 176610.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDibm/cognos_analytics11.0.0 — 11.0.13+2
▶CVEListV5ibm/cognos_analytics11.0, 11.1+1

Patches

Patch: www.ibm.com ↗Patch: www.ibm.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-ph7h-74xq-935c: IBM Cognos Analytics 11↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-4302: IBM Cognos Analytics 11↗2020-10-12
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CVE-2020-4302 — IBM Cognos Analytics vulnerability | cvebase