Vulnerability Details 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 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 24.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.1
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
Products affected by CVE-2018-1447
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_space_management:7.1.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_space_management:7.1.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_space_management:7.1.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_space_management:7.1.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_space_management:7.1.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_space_management:7.1.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_space_management:7.1.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_space_management:7.1.8.1
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_space_management:8.1.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_space_management:8.1.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_space_management:8.1.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:7.1.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:7.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:7.1.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:7.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:7.1.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:7.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:7.1.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:7.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:7.1.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:7.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:7.1.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:7.1.8
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:7.1.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:8.1.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:8.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:8.1.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:8.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:8.1.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_snapshot:4.1.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_snapshot:4.1.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_snapshot:4.1.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_snapshot:4.1.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_snapshot:4.1.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_snapshot:4.1.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_snapshot:4.1.6.3