Upstream information
Description
IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 could allow a local attacker to launch a symlink attack. IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-archive Client creates temporary files insecurely. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a symbolic link from a temporary file to various files on the system, which could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system with elevated privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 125163.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products
This issue is currently not rated by SUSE as it is not affecting the SUSE Enterprise products.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 3.6 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 5.5 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | None |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3 |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Thu Oct 5 21:17:54 2017CVE page last modified: Wed Oct 26 20:20:26 2022