What is CVE-2017-1378?

CVE-2017-1378 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect For Virtual Environments, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-10-05.

How severe is CVE-2017-1378?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect For Virtual Environments

CVE-2017-1378

IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) disclosed unencrypted login credentials to Vmware vCenter in the application trace output which could be obtained by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 126875.

EPSS: 0.000 (11.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1378?: CVE-2017-1378 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect For Virtual Environments, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-10-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-1378?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.