CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-4652

Incorrect Default Permissions

Published: Nov 12, 2019 | Modified: Nov 14, 2019
CVSS 3.x
7.1
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
3.6 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.4 uses insecure file permissions on restored files and directories in Windows which could allow a local user to obtain sensitive information or perform unauthorized actions. IBM X-Force ID: 170963.

Weakness

During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Spectrum_protect_plus Ibm 10.1.0 (including) 10.1.4 (including)

Potential Mitigations

  • Compartmentalize the system to have “safe” areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
  • Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

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