CVE-2021-20490

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5

Description

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2021-20490

Assigner
psirt@us.ibm.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2021-06-29T16:15:08

Last Modified Date
2021-06-30T19:08:37

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-276	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/276.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
		AND
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_plus::::::::	1	OR	10.1.0	10.1.8
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*	0	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
2.1

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
5.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6466609	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197791	VDB Entry Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20490
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-20490

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 07:09:19				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 05:11:28	2021-06-29T16:15Z	2021-06-29T16:15:08	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-05 05:11:28		2021-06-30T19:08:37	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-05 05:11:28		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated