Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2018-1495 affects IBM FlashSystem V840 and V900 storage systems. An authenticated attacker with specialized access could overwrite arbitrary files, potentially causing a denial of service. This is mainly a business continuity risk for organizations still operating these storage platforms. Exposure is likely limited to environments running IBM FlashSystem V840 or V900 where authenticated users have the specialized access described by IBM. The source bundle does not provide affected version ranges, deployment prerequisites, or whether management interfaces must be externally reachable. Treat this as a moderate operational resilience issue. It is not documented as actively exploited in the supplied sources, but affected storage systems can be business-critical, so remediation should be scheduled through normal infrastructure risk management. Mitigation focus: Identify any IBM FlashSystem V840 or V900 systems in production or support inventories.; Review IBM support advisories S1012280 and S1012281 for affected levels and official remediation.; Apply the IBM-specified fix, upgrade, or workaround where applicable..
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.5 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:L/AV:N/C:N/I:N/PR:L/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
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CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:L/AV:N/C:N/I:N/PR:L/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O2.83.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
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6.5MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:L/AV:N/C:N/I:N/PR:L/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- ibm-flashsystem-cve20181495-dos(141148)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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