CVE-2020-4409 [High] | Information Disclosure in Control Desk

IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.6.0 and 7.6.1 could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks, using a tabnabbing attack. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to redirect a user to a malicious Web site that would appear to be trusted. This could allow the attacker to obtain highly sensitive information or conduct further attacks against the victim. IBM X-Force ID: 179537.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2025-03-17	0.34%	0.16%	-0.17%
2	2024-12-17	0.36%	0.34%	-0.02%
3	2024-10-26	—	0.36%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2025-03-17

0.34%

0.16%

-0.17%

2024-12-17

0.36%

0.34%

-0.02%

2024-10-26

—

0.36%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
8.2	3.1	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:C) Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:L) Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	2.8	4.7	[email protected]
6.8	3.0	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:C) Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:H) They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	2.3	4.0	[email protected]
5.8	2.0	MEDIUM	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N` Click to expand Access vector (AV:N) Can be exploited remotely over network reachability. Access complexity (AC:M) Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones. Authentication (AU:N) No authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:P) Partial confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:P) Partial integrity impact. Availability impact (A:N) No availability impact.	8.6	4.9	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

8.2

3.1

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C): Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:L): Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

2.8

4.7

[email protected]

6.8

3.0

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C): Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H): They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

2.3

4.0

[email protected]

5.8

2.0

MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand

Access vector (AV:N): Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M): Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N): No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P): Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P): Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N): No availability impact.

8.6

4.9

[email protected]

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-4409

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
ibm	control_desk	7.6.1	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:control_desk:7.6.1:::::::*
ibm	control_desk	7.6.1.1	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:control_desk:7.6.1.1:::::::*
ibm	maximo_asset_configuration_manager	7.6.6	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_asset_configuration_manager:7.6.6:::::::*
ibm	maximo_asset_configuration_manager	7.6.7	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_asset_configuration_manager:7.6.7:::::::*
ibm	maximo_asset_configuration_manager	7.6.7.1	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_asset_configuration_manager:7.6.7.1:::::::*
ibm	maximo_asset_health_insights	7.6.1	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_asset_health_insights:7.6.1:::::::*
ibm	maximo_asset_health_insights	7.6.1.1	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_asset_health_insights:7.6.1.1:::::::*
ibm	maximo_asset_management	< 7.6.1.2	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_asset_management::::::::
ibm	maximo_asset_management_scheduler	7.6.7	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_asset_management_scheduler:7.6.7:::::::*
ibm	maximo_asset_management_scheduler	7.6.7.1	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_asset_management_scheduler:7.6.7.1:::::::*
ibm	maximo_asset_management_scheduler	7.6.7.3	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_asset_management_scheduler:7.6.7.3:::::::*
ibm	maximo_asset_management_scheduler_plus	7.6.7	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_asset_management_scheduler_plus:7.6.7:::::::*
ibm	maximo_asset_management_scheduler_plus	7.6.7.1	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_asset_management_scheduler_plus:7.6.7.1:::::::*
ibm	maximo_asset_management_scheduler_plus	7.6.7.3	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_asset_management_scheduler_plus:7.6.7.3:::::::*
ibm	maximo_calibration	7.6	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_calibration:7.6:::::::*
ibm	maximo_enterprise_adapter	7.6	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_enterprise_adapter:7.6:::::::*
ibm	maximo_enterprise_adapter	7.6.1	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_enterprise_adapter:7.6.1:::::::*
ibm	maximo_equipment_maintenance_assistant	—	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_equipment_maintenance_assistant:-:::::::*
ibm	maximo_for_aviation	7.6.6	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_for_aviation:7.6.6:::::::*
ibm	maximo_for_aviation	7.6.7	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_for_aviation:7.6.7:::::::*
ibm	maximo_for_aviation	7.6.8	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_for_aviation:7.6.8:::::::*
ibm	maximo_for_life_sciences	7.6	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_for_life_sciences:7.6:::::::*
ibm	maximo_for_nuclear_power	7.6.1	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_for_nuclear_power:7.6.1:::::::*
ibm	maximo_for_oil_and_gas	7.6.1	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_for_oil_and_gas:7.6.1:::::::*
ibm	maximo_for_service_providers	7.6.3.1	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_for_service_providers:7.6.3.1:::::::*
ibm	maximo_for_service_providers	7.6.3.2	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_for_service_providers:7.6.3.2:::::::*
ibm	maximo_for_service_providers	7.6.3.3	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_for_service_providers:7.6.3.3:::::::*
ibm	maximo_for_transportation	7.6.2.3	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_for_transportation:7.6.2.3:::::::*
ibm	maximo_for_transportation	7.6.2.4	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_for_transportation:7.6.2.4:::::::*
ibm	maximo_for_transportation	7.6.2.5	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_for_transportation:7.6.2.5:::::::*
ibm	maximo_for_utilities	7.6.0.1	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_for_utilities:7.6.0.1:::::::*
ibm	maximo_for_utilities	7.6.0.2	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_for_utilities:7.6.0.2:::::::*
ibm	maximo_linear_asset_manager	7.6.0	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_linear_asset_manager:7.6.0:::::::*
ibm	maximo_linear_asset_manager	7.6.0.2	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_linear_asset_manager:7.6.0.2:::::::*
ibm	maximo_linear_asset_manager	7.6.0.3	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_linear_asset_manager:7.6.0.3:::::::*
ibm	maximo_network_on_blockchain	7.6.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_network_on_blockchain:7.6.0.0:::::::*
ibm	maximo_network_on_blockchain	7.6.0.1	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_network_on_blockchain:7.6.0.1:::::::*
ibm	maximo_spatial_asset_management	7.6.0.2	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_spatial_asset_management:7.6.0.2:::::::*
ibm	maximo_spatial_asset_management	7.6.0.3	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_spatial_asset_management:7.6.0.3:::::::*
ibm	maximo_spatial_asset_management	7.6.0.4	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_spatial_asset_management:7.6.0.4:::::::*
ibm	maximo_spatial_asset_management	7.6.0.5	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_spatial_asset_management:7.6.0.5:::::::*
ibm	tivoli_integration_composer	7.6	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_integration_composer:7.6:::::::*

References for CVE-2020-4409

URL	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179537	VDB Entry Vendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6333091	Patch Vendor Advisory

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