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GHSA-RCM8-2MRF-X3CC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:20 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:20

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IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows 24.0, 25.0, 26.0, 27.0, 27.0.1, and 28.0 could allow a local user to cause a denial of service by writing arbitrary files to admin protected directories on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 212046.

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  "id": "GHSA-rcm8-2mrf-x3cc",
  "modified": "2022-05-24T19:20:42Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T19:20:42Z",
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CVE-2021-38959 (GCVE-0-2021-38959)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-17 14:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:41

Summary

Severity

6.2 (Medium)


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

CWE

Denial of Service

Assigner

ibm CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 88/100 over 1280 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6516680	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
IBM	SPSS Statistics	Affected: 24.0 Affected: 27.0.1 Affected: 25.0 Affected: 26.0 Affected: 27.0 Affected: 28.0

Date Public

2021-11-16 00:00

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