CVE-2018-1987
IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning 7.1 and 8.1, if tracing is activated, the...
IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning 7.1 and 8.1, if tracing is activated, the IBM Spectrum Protect node password may be displayed in plain text in the ERP trace file. IBM X-Force ID: 154280.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning 7.1 and 8.1, if tracing is activated, the IBM Spectrum Protect node password may be displayed in plain text in the ERP trace file. IBM X-Force ID: 154280.
- Record
CVE-2018-1987- CVSS 3.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/PR:N/S:U/AC:H/I:N/AV:L/UI:N/C:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-12566
IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning 7.1 and 8.1, if tracing is activated, the IBM Spectrum Protect node password may be displayed in plain text in the ERP trace file. IBM X-Force ID: 154280.
- Record
EUVD-2018-12566- CVSS 3.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/PR:N/S:U/AC:H/I:N/AV:L/UI:N/C:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c3qj-38w3-r57c
IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning 7.1 and 8.1, if tracing is activated, the...
IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning 7.1 and 8.1, if tracing is activated, the IBM Spectrum Protect node password may be displayed in plain text in the ERP trace file. IBM X-Force ID: 154280.
- Record
GHSA-c3qj-38w3-r57c- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning 7.1 and 8.1, if tracing is activated, the IBM Spectrum Protect node password may be displayed in plain text in the ERP trace file. IBM X-Force ID: 154280.
- Record
CVE-2018-1987- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 1.9 Low
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-1987 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) in Ibm Spectrum Protect For Enterprise Resource Planning, published August 2, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.31%, the 23rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.