01 Record
CVE-2021-38882
IBM Spectrum Scale 5.1.0 through 5.1.1.1 could allow a privileged admin to destroy filesystem audit logging records before expiration time. IBM X-Force ID: 209164.
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score4.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/C:N/AV:L/S:U/A:N/AC:L/I:H/PR:H/UI:N/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
02 Description
IBM Spectrum Scale 5.1.0 through 5.1.1.1 could allow a privileged admin to destroy filesystem audit logging records before expiration time. IBM X-Force ID: 209164.
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
- 0.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 14.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- 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
- 2021-11-16 16:55Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 23:15Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-08-16
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/C:N/AV:L/S:U/A:N/AC:L/I:H/PR:H/UI:N/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8aaa4277124f12d0a381e2e37c398d15c868553b9f3f6f26c50c52194b8c9dd3
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6516426
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-specturm-cve202138882-file-manipulation (209164)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/209164