Vulnerability · Published Jun 17, 2022 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2022-22485

Medium 5.9

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Spectrum Protect Server from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 67% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 32.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In some cases, an unsuccessful attempt to log into IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 8.1.0.000 through 8.1.14.000 does not cause the administrator's invalid sign-on count to be incremented on the IBM Spectrum Protect Server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using brute force techniques to gain unauthorized administrative access to the IBM Spectrum Protect Server. IBM X-Force ID: 226325.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
IBM Spectrum Protect Server 8.1.0.0008.1.14.000

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