CVE-2017-1301 Path traversal in Spectrum Protect

Medium 5.5 Published 5 Oct 2017 Updated 17 Sep 2024

A local attacker can exploit insecure temporary file creation to overwrite arbitrary system files with elevated privileges via symlink attacks.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2017-1301?

CVE-2017-1301 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect, published on 5 Oct 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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 symbolic link from a temporary file to various files on the system, which could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system with elevated privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 125163.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1301?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Tivoli Storage Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2017-1301?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1301 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2017-1301 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1301 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fw7p-w2p7-vc8c.