CVE-2018-1447
The GSKit (IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 7.2) and (IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot 4.1.3, 4.1.4, and 4.1.6) CMS KDB logic fails to salt the…
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Description
The GSKit (IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 7.2) and (IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot 4.1.3, 4.1.4, and 4.1.6) CMS KDB logic fails to salt the hash function resulting in weaker than expected protection of passwords. A weak password may be recovered. Note: After update the customer should change password to ensure the new password is stored more securely. Products should encourage customers to take this step as a high priority action. IBM X-Force ID: 139972.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium5.1 | CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:H/AV:L/C:H/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.91% · top 40% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
- Obtain Information
- CWE-916 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-916 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected 7.1
- affected 8.1
IBM · Spectrum Protect Snapshot
- affected 4.1.3
- affected 4.1.4
- affected 4.1.6
IBM · Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments
- affected 7.1
- affected 8.1
IBM · Spectrum Protect for Space Management
- affected 7.1
- affected 8.1
References (7)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22015066 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22014957 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139972 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22015071 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 104511 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1041012 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22014669 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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