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01 Record

CVE-2021-38959

IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows 24.0, 25.0, 26.0, 27.0, 27.0.1, and 28.0 could allow a local user to cause a denial of service by writing arbitrary files to admin protected directories on the system.

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score6.2 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/S:U/PR:N/AV:L/I:N/A:H/C:N/UI:N/AC:L/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
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02 Description

IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows 24.0, 25.0, 26.0, 27.0, 27.0.1, and 28.0 could allow a local user to cause a denial of service by writing arbitrary files to admin protected directories on the system.

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
0.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 12.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.5 (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:N/I:N/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
2021-11-17 14:00Z4 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 02:41Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-08-16
Assigning CNA
ibm
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 6.2)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/S:U/PR:N/AV:L/I:N/A:H/C:N/UI:N/AC:L/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
Weaknesses
Data version
5.1
Document digest
1a614c05ca1a214903b2404d5c91628cd3aed00807af5a032bb98e93600abb00

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
IBMSPSS Statistics24.0, 27.0.1, 25.0, 26.0, 27.0, 28.0—

06 References