CVE-2021-20490

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Published Jun 29, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.8 could allow a local user to cause a denial of service due to insecure file permission settings. IBM X-Force ID: 197791.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

Spectrum Protect Plus

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`10.1.0`	affected	—
`10.1.8`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-7908	IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.8 could allow a local user to cause a denial of service due to insecure file permission settings. IBM X-Force ID: 197791.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.204% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197791
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6466609

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus

Linux Linux Kernel

Weaknesses

CWE-276

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 9:04 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: ibm
Published: Jun 29, 2021, 3:50 PM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 9:04 PM
Reserved: Dec 17, 2020, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:33 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 29, 2021, 4:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:33 AM

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