CVE-2021-38959 (GCVE-0-2021-38959)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-11-17 14:00
Modified
2024-09-17 02:41
Severity ?
6.2 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • Denial of Service
Summary
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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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM SPSS Statistics Version: 24.0
Version: 27.0.1
Version: 25.0
Version: 26.0
Version: 27.0
Version: 28.0
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