CVE-2023-35897 is a DLL hijacking vulnerability affecting IBM Spectrum Protect Client and IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments versions 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.19.0. This flaw allows a local user to execute arbitrary code on the system by using a specially crafted file. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), it has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, but can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.1.0.0, <= 8.1.19.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_protect:*:*:*:*:virtual_environments\:_data_protection_for_hyper-v:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.1.0.0, <= 8.1.19.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_protect:*:*:*:*:virtual_environments\:_data_protection_for_vmware:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.1.0.0, <= 8.1.19.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_protect_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.