CVE-2021-20490
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.8 could allow a local user to cause a denial of...
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.8 could allow a local user to cause a denial of service due to insecure file permission settings. IBM X-Force ID: 197791.
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
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.8 could allow a local user to cause a denial of service due to insecure file permission settings. IBM X-Force ID: 197791.
- Record
CVE-2021-20490- CVSS 3.0
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.0/I:N/AC:L/S:U/C:N/AV:L/UI:N/PR:N/A:L/RL:O/E:U/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-7908
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.8 could allow a local user to cause a denial of service due to insecure file permission settings. IBM X-Force ID: 197791.
- Record
EUVD-2021-7908- CVSS 3.0
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.0/I:N/AC:L/S:U/C:N/AV:L/UI:N/PR:N/A:L/RL:O/E:U/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j9mj-3442-mm95 No score
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.8 could allow a local user to cause a denial of...
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.8 could allow a local user to cause a denial of service due to insecure file permission settings. IBM X-Force ID: 197791.
- Record
GHSA-j9mj-3442-mm95- Weakness
- CWE-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.8 could allow a local user to cause a denial of service due to insecure file permission settings. IBM X-Force ID: 197791.
- Record
CVE-2021-20490- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - 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-2021-20490 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.0) in Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus, published June 29, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.20%, the 10th percentile. No source names a fixed version.