CVE-2018-1787 describes a password exposure vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1, impacting both IBM and Microsoft Windows versions of the backup-archive client and virtual environments. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) stems from insecure file permissions, allowing a local attacker with low privileges to access sensitive information, specifically passwords, without user interaction. While the potential impact is high for confidentiality, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 7.1.0.0, <= 7.1.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_backup-archive_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.1.0.0, <= 8.1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_backup-archive_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.1.0.0, <= 7.1.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:*:*:*:*:*:vmware:*:* | ||
>= 8.1.0.0, <= 8.1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:*:*:*:*:*:vmware:*:* | ||
>= 7.1.0.0, <= 7.1.8.0CPE 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:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.