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.

EPSS: 0.003 (21.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

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

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)

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.