What is CVE-2017-1301?

CVE-2017-1301 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-10-05.

How severe is CVE-2017-1301?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect

CVE-2017-1301

IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 could allow a local attacker to launch a symlink attack. IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-archive Client creates temporary files insecurely. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a symbol…

EPSS: 0.001 (27.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Spectrum Protect — versions 8.1, 7.1
Ibm Tivoli_storage_manager — versions 6.1, 6.1.0, 6.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1301?: CVE-2017-1301 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-10-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-1301?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.