CVE-2023-28956

IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client privilege escalation

State: Published
Severity: 8.4 High
Published: Jun 22, 2023
Updated: Dec 9, 2024
Reserved: Mar 29, 2023

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.17.2 may allow a local user to escalate their privileges due to improper access controls.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.4 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	ibm

Weaknesses

CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive ClientIBM	8.1.0.0 through 8.1.17.2Affected

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7005519vendor-advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/251767vdb-entry

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