CVE-2017-1301

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.4%

Medium (5.5) in ibm tivoli storage manager. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 29% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-59
Published: 2017-10-05
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

ibm:tivoli_storage_manager

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

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