CVE-2021-20532

highpriority · track · 31OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.002 · 11 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.21% (11th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

IBM Spectrum Protect Client 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.11.0 could allow a local user to escalate their privileges to take full control of the system due to insecure directory permissions. IBM X-Force ID: 198811.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.07.4highCVSS:3.0/AC:H/PR:N/C:H/UI:N/I:H/S:U/A:H/AV:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · ENISA EU

v3.07.4highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · psirt@us.ibm.com USexploitability 1.4 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-276USprimary

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments≤ 8.1.11.0enisa_euvdEU
IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments≤ 8.1.0.0enisa_euvdEU
ibm spectrum protect backup-archive client8.1.0.0 → 8.1.11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_backup-archive_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm spectrum protect for virtual environments8.1.0.0 → 8.1.11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-04-26modified 2026-06-17

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references (10)

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