CVE-2021-20536
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus File Systems Agent 10.1.6 and 10.1.7 stores potentially sensitive...
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus File Systems Agent 10.1.6 and 10.1.7 stores potentially sensitive information in log files that could be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 198836.
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
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus File Systems Agent 10.1.6 and 10.1.7 stores potentially sensitive information in log files that could be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 198836.
- Record
CVE-2021-20536- CVSS 3.0
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/I:N/UI:N/A:N/S:U/AV:L/AC:L/C:H/PR:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-7954
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus File Systems Agent 10.1.6 and 10.1.7 stores potentially sensitive information in log files that could be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 198836.
- Record
EUVD-2021-7954- CVSS 3.0
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/I:N/UI:N/A:N/S:U/AV:L/AC:L/C:H/PR:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wffp-p4h8-f6wq No score
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus File Systems Agent 10.1.6 and 10.1.7 stores potentially sensitive...
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus File Systems Agent 10.1.6 and 10.1.7 stores potentially sensitive information in log files that could be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 198836.
- Record
GHSA-wffp-p4h8-f6wq- Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus File Systems Agent 10.1.6 and 10.1.7 stores potentially sensitive information in log files that could be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 198836.
- Record
CVE-2021-20536- CVSS 3.1
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-532
- 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-2021-20536 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.2) in Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus, published April 26, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.27%, the 18th percentile. No source names a fixed version.