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01 Record

CVE-2021-20532

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:

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score7.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AC:H/PR:N/C:H/UI:N/I:H/S:U/A:H/AV:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
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02 Description

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:

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
0.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 10.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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
2021-04-26 16:30Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-16 19:36Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-12-17
Assigning CNA
ibm
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 7.4)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AC:H/PR:N/C:H/UI:N/I:H/S:U/A:H/AV:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Weaknesses
  • CWE-276Incorrect Default PermissionsBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
17b2f9a325547b1dd038dc15cd853ab15d6cf03ecc802d8eee7cf0044f0bb55b

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
IBMSpectrum Protect for Virtual Environments8.1.0.0, 8.1.11.0—

06 References