CVE-2018-1787
lowpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.003 · 22 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.30% (22nd) EPSS
CVSS 2.1 · low
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 is affected by a password exposure vulnerability caused by insecure file permissions. IBM X-Force ID: 148872.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
5.5
010
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–5.5
v3.05.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6
v3.05.1mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · psirt@us.ibm.com USexploitability 1.4 · impact 3.6
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
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affected products (7)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- ibm spectrum protect backup-archive client7.1.0.0 → 7.1.8.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_backup-archive_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm spectrum protect backup-archive client8.1.0.0 → 8.1.6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_backup-archive_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm spectrum protect for virtual environments7.1.0.0 → 7.1.8.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm spectrum protect for virtual environments7.1.0.0 → 7.1.8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm spectrum protect for virtual environments8.1.0.0 → 8.1.6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10869602cnnvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148872cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1787cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/IBM-Spectrum-Protect-information-disclosure-via-Password-Exposure-28971cnnvd
- https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10869602Patchcnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10869602cnnvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10869602enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148872enisa_euvd
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