CVE-2018-2025
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.31% probability · 23th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-276
- Affected
- ibm/spectrum protect · ibm/spectrum protect for virtual environments
- Source
- psirt@us.ibm.com
EPSS 0.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/155551VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1107261Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/155551VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1107261Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.