CVE-2021-20532
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-04-26 16:30
Modified
2024-09-16 19:36
Severity ?
7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Summary
IBM Spectrum Protect Client 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.11.0 could allow a local user to escalate their privileges to take full control of the system due to insecure directory permissions. IBM X-Force ID: 198811.
References
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/198811VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6445503Vendor Advisory
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