CVE-2018-1545 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting IBM Spectrum Protect (versions 7.1 and 8.1) and related Apple products, stemming from the use of weak cryptographic algorithms. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely decrypt highly sensitive information without user interaction. Despite its high CVSS score of 7.5, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage. The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-326, indicating the use of insufficient cryptographic strength.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 7.1.0.0, <= 7.1.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.1.0.0, <= 8.1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.1.0.0, <= 7.1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:*:*:*:*:*:hyper-v:*:* | ||
>= 7.1.0.0, <= 7.1.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:*:*:*:*:*:vmware:*:* | ||
>= 8.1.0.0, <= 8.1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:*:*:*:*:*:hyper-v:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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.