CVE-2018-2025 [Medium] | Security Vulnerability in Spectrum Protect

CVE-2018-2025 is rated Low Risk (24.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.28%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.03%	0.28%	+0.25%
2	2025-10-19	0.08%	0.03%	-0.05%
3	2025-04-06	—	0.08%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

0.03%

0.28%

+0.25%

2025-10-19

0.08%

0.03%

-0.05%

2025-04-06

—

0.08%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
4.4	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:L) Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump. Integrity (I:L) Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	1.8	2.5	[email protected]
5.1	3.0	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:L) Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump. Integrity (I:L) Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	2.5	2.5	[email protected]
3.6	2.0	LOW	`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N` Click to expand Access vector (AV:L) Requires local access to the target system. Access complexity (AC:L) Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable. Authentication (AU:N) No authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:P) Partial confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:P) Partial integrity impact. Availability impact (A:N) No availability impact.	3.9	4.9	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

4.4

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L): Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L): Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

1.8

2.5

[email protected]

5.1

3.0

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L): Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L): Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

2.5

[email protected]

3.6

2.0

LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand

Access vector (AV:L): Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L): Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N): No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P): Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P): Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N): No availability impact.

3.9

4.9

[email protected]

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-2025

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
ibm	spectrum_protect	>= 7.1.0.0, <= 7.1.8.5	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect::::::::
ibm	spectrum_protect	>= 8.1.0.0, <= 8.1.8.0	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect::::::::
ibm	spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments	>= 7.1.0.0, <= 7.1.8.5	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments::::::hyper-v::*
ibm	spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments	>= 7.1.0.0, <= 7.1.8.5	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments::::::vmware::*
ibm	spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments	>= 8.1.0.0, <= 8.1.8.0	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments::::::hyper-v::*
ibm	spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments	>= 8.1.0.0, <= 8.1.8.0	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments::::::vmware::*

References for CVE-2018-2025

URL	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/155551	VDB Entry Vendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1107261	Vendor Advisory

URL

CVE-2018-2025

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-2025

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-2025

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-2025

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-2025

References for CVE-2018-2025