IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.6 agent files, in non-default configurations, on Windows are assigned access to everyone with…

published 2020-08-04 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25878

cvss: 5.1; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 15%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.6 agent files, in non-default configurations, on Windows are assigned access to everyone with full control permissions, which could allow a local user to cause interruption of the service operations. IBM X-Force ID: 185372.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6255116 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	5.1	CVSS:3.0/UI:N/AV:L/C:H/AC:H/I:N/A:N/PR:N/S:U/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA	3.0	5.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	1.9	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

Classification

Weakness

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6255116
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/185372
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4631
NVD CVE-2020-4631

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