CVE-2018-1438 describes a critical vulnerability in various IBM SAN Volume Controller, Storwize, Spectrum Virtualize, and FlashSystem products across multiple versions. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit a flaw in the /DLSnap web handler to read arbitrary files on the affected system. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high confidentiality impact, but no integrity or availability impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 6.1.0.0, < 7.5.0.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:storwize_v7000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.7.0.0, < 7.7.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:storwize_v7000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.8.0.0, < 7.8.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:storwize_v7000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.1.1.0, < 8.1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:storwize_v7000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.1.2.0, < 8.1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:storwize_v7000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.