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01 Record

CVE-2018-1447

The GSKit (IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 7.2) and (IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot 4.1.3, 4.1.4, and 4.1.6) CMS KDB logic fails to salt the hash function resulting in weaker than expected protection of

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score5.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:H/AV:L/C:H/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N

02 Description

The GSKit (IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 7.2) and (IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot 4.1.3, 4.1.4, and 4.1.6) CMS KDB logic fails to salt the hash function resulting in weaker than expected protection of

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.91% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 59.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2018-04-04 18:00Z8 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 01:50Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2017-12-13
Assigning CNA
ibm
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 5.1)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:H/AV:L/C:H/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-916Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational EffortBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
b911a893a3df5efe9c04c70d16a0989aa8ef4e5c814830ff11643ae0424ebd84

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
IBMSpectrum Protect7.1, 8.1—
IBMSpectrum Protect Snapshot4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.6—

06 References