Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2018-1550 affects IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1. A local user could corrupt or delete highly sensitive information, causing denial of service for other users. The impact is operational availability rather than remote compromise, but backup infrastructure disruption can become business-critical if restores are needed. Exposure is most likely on systems running IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 or 8.1 where local users can access the host. Internet exposure is not indicated by the provided sources. Prioritize remediation where IBM Spectrum Protect protects critical restore points or regulated data. The vulnerability requires local access, lowering broad exposure, but successful abuse could undermine backup availability during an incident or outage. Mitigation focus: Inventory IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 installations.; Review the IBM advisory for the vendor-recommended fix or upgrade path.; Restrict local OS access to Spectrum Protect hosts to trusted administrators..
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.2 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:L/AV:L/C:N/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
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CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:L/AV:L/C:N/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O2.53.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
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6.2MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:L/AV:L/C:N/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- ibm-tivoli-cve20181550-dos(142696)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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