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CVE-2018-2025

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-2025 describes a vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments versions 7.1 and 8.1, where the software creates directories and files within the CIT subdirectory with world-readable and world-writable permissions. This misconfiguration, classified as CWE-276 (Incorrect Permissions), allows any local user to potentially read or modify sensitive data. Rated with a CVSS v3.1 score of 4.4 (Medium), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local privileges, but does not necessitate user interaction. The potential impact is limited to low confidentiality and integrity, with no availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any known public exploits or Metasploit modules available. The vulnerability has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low level of public attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.1.0.0, <= 7.1.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.1.0.0, <= 8.1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.1.0.0, <= 7.1.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:*:*:*:*:*:hyper-v:*:*
>= 7.1.0.0, <= 7.1.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:*:*:*:*:*:vmware:*:*
>= 8.1.0.0, <= 8.1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:*:*:*:*:*:hyper-v:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/155551
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/pages/node/1107261
Vendor Advisory