Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus application protection could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges or execute arbitrary code on the system.
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: When using Spectrum Protect Plus to protect Oracle or MongoDB databases, a redirected restore operation may result in an escalation of user privileges.
CVSS Base Score: 7.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/162165 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N)
DESCRIPTION: When using Spectrum Protect Plus to protect Oracle, DB2 or MongoDB databases, a redirected restore operation specifying a target path may allow execution of arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/161667 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
Remediation/Fixes
Spectrum Protect Plus Release |
First Fixing VRM Level |
Platform | Link to Fix |
10.1 | 10.1.4 | Linux AIX (Db2) |
Workarounds and Mitigations
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References
Change History
27 June 2019 - original version published
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Internal Use Only
Advisory 16517 Record 137610
Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
27 June 2019
UID
ibm10886111