CVE-2017-1301

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Oct 5, 2017
Updated: Sep 17, 2024
Reserved: Nov 30, 2016

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Spectrum ProtectIBM	7.1Affected 8.1Affected

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22006248
101107vdb-entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125163

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