IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 could allow a local attacker to launch a symlink attack. IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-archive Client creates temporary files insecurely. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a symbolic link from a temporary file to various files on the system, which could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system with elevated privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 125163.

Related CVEs

CVE-2017-1301

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-fw7p-w2p7-vc8c

Published

May 17, 2022 12:30 AM

Last Modified

May 17, 2022 12:30 AM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: July 1, 2025 6:26 AM

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