CVE-2018-1787

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2018-1787 · Published 08/04/2019 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-1787 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting spectrum protect backup-archive client (ibm), spectrum protect for virtual environments (ibm).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.30%, higher than 22.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
spectrum protect backup-archive client ibm	`≥ 7.1.0.0, ≤ 7.1.8.4≥ 8.1.0.0, ≤ 8.1.6.1`	No fix yet
spectrum protect for virtual environments ibm	`≥ 7.1.0.0, ≤ 7.1.8.0≥ 7.1.0.0, ≤ 7.1.8.4≥ 8.1.0.0, ≤ 8.1.6.1`	No fix yet

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 is affected by a password exposure vulnerability caused by insecure file permissions. IBM X-Force ID: 148872.

References

ibm.com/support/docview.wss · Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148872 · VDB Entry

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In short

CVE-2018-1787 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting spectrum protect backup-archive client (ibm), spectrum protect for virtual environments (ibm).

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.30%, higher than 22.6% of all vulnerabilities.

No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

spectrum protect backup-archive client

ibm

≥ 7.1.0.0, ≤ 7.1.8.4≥ 8.1.0.0, ≤ 8.1.6.1

No fix yet

spectrum protect for virtual environments

ibm

≥ 7.1.0.0, ≤ 7.1.8.0≥ 7.1.0.0, ≤ 7.1.8.4≥ 8.1.0.0, ≤ 8.1.6.1

No fix yet

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