Is CVE-2020-4979 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-4979 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-4979?

CVE-2020-4979 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-4979?

CVE-2020-4979 has an EPSS score of 1.60% (73th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-4979?

Upgrade qradar security information and event manager to 7.4.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-4979

CRITICALEPSS 73th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3 and 7.4 is vulnerable to insecure inter-deployment communication. An attacker that is able to comprimise or spoof traffic between hosts may be able to execute arbitrary commands. IBM X-Force D: 192538.

How to fix

Remediation Available

qradar security information and event managerNVD

Affected:>= 7.4.0, < 7.4.2Fixed in:7.4.2CVE-2020-4979derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.60%probability of exploitation in 30 days

73rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 73% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.