CVE-2018-1787 Information disclosure in Spectrum Protect
Attackers can read sensitive passwords due to insecure file permissions in IBM Spectrum Protect, requiring a patch to secure access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-1787?
CVE-2018-1787 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect, published on 8 Apr 2019. 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 is affected by a password exposure vulnerability caused by insecure file permissions. IBM X-Force ID: 148872.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1787?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client, Ibm Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments.
How do I fix CVE-2018-1787?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1787 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-1787 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1787 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Protect
- CVE-2023-28956 IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client privilege escalation
- CVE-2021-20532 Privilege escalation in Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments
- CVE-2021-39048 Memory corruption in Spectrum Protect
- CVE-2018-1853 Cross-site scripting in Spectrum Protect
- CVE-2018-1882 Information disclosure in Spectrum Protect
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cmv6-9f3j-jvqp.