CVE-2021-38959 describes a local denial-of-service vulnerability in IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows versions 24.0 through 28.0. A local attacker could exploit this by writing arbitrary files to administrator-protected directories, leading to system unavailability. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires local access and has a low attack complexity, impacting availability but not confidentiality or integrity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
24.0.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spss_statistics:24.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
25.0.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spss_statistics:25.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
26.0.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spss_statistics:26.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
27.0.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spss_statistics:27.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
27.0.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spss_statistics:27.0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.