What is CVE-2018-1787?

CVE-2018-1787 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2019-04-08.

How severe is CVE-2018-1787?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect

CVE-2018-1787

IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 is affected by a password exposure vulnerability caused by insecure file permissions. IBM X-Force ID: 148872.

Published 2019-04-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (22.6th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 22.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Protect — versions 8.1, 7.1
IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client
IBM Spectrum Protect For Virtual Environments
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148872 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1787?: CVE-2018-1787 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2019-04-08.
How severe is CVE-2018-1787?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.