CVE-2017-1301

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-10-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

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.

Affected products

IBM Corporation Tivoli Storage Manager: 6.1, 6.1.0, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3, 6.1.4 (+56)

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22006248
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101107
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125163
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22006248
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101107
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125163

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