CVE-2020-4406: IBM Spectrum Protect Client

Medium severity, CVSS 5.4. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Spectrum Protect Client 8.1.7.0 through 8.1.9.1 (Linux and Windows), 8.1.9.0 trough 8.1.9.1 (AIX) and IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management 8.1.7.0 through 8.1.9.1 (Linux), 8.1.9.0 through 8.1.9.1 (AIX) web user interfaces could allow a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action of the victim. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack the victim's click actions and possibly launch further attacks against the victim. IBM X-Force ID: 179488.

Affected products

• IBM Spectrum Protect Client: from 8.1.7.0, up to and including 8.1.9.1; from 8.1.9.0, up to and including 8.1.9.1
• IBM Spectrum Protect For Space Management: from 8.1.7.0, up to and including 8.1.9.1; from 8.1.9.0, up to and including 8.1.9.1

Published 2020-06-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.