CVE-2018-2025
IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 7.1...
IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 7.1 and 8.1 creates directories/files in the CIT sub directory that are read/writable by everyone. IBM X-Force ID: 155551.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 7.1 and 8.1 creates directories/files in the CIT sub directory that are read/writable by everyone. IBM X-Force ID: 155551.
- Record
CVE-2018-2025- CVSS 3.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/UI:N/A:N/S:U/AV:L/I:L/C:L/AC:L/PR:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13880
IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 7.1 and 8.1 creates directories/files in the CIT sub directory that are read/writable by everyone. IBM X-Force ID: 155551.
- Record
EUVD-2018-13880- CVSS 3.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/UI:N/A:N/S:U/AV:L/I:L/C:L/AC:L/PR:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9v97-r4gf-gp7x No score
IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 7.1...
IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 7.1 and 8.1 creates directories/files in the CIT sub directory that are read/writable by everyone. IBM X-Force ID: 155551.
- Record
GHSA-9v97-r4gf-gp7x- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 7.1 and 8.1 creates directories/files in the CIT sub directory that are read/writable by everyone. IBM X-Force ID: 155551.
- Record
CVE-2018-2025- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.6 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-276
- 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-2018-2025 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) in Ibm Spectrum Protect Backup-archive Client, published November 25, 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.