Check Point Advisories

IBM Data Risk Manager Authentication Bypass (CVE-2020-4429)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2020-0359
Date Published:	11 May 2020
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Monday 11 May, 2020
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2020-4429
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80
Who is Vulnerable?	IBM Data Risk Manager 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, and 2.0.6
Vulnerability Description	An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in IBM Data Risk Manager. The vulnerability is due to the presence of previously unknown default credentials. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the system using the default credentials. Successful exploitation results in the attacker gaining administrator level privileges to the target system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the IBM Data Risk Manager Authentication Bypass (CVE-2020-4429) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: SSH Protection Violation.
Attack Information: IBM Data Risk Manager Authentication Bypass (CVE-2020-4429)