Premature deletion of filesystem audit records
Published Nov 16, 2021 · Updated Sep 16, 2024
File manipulation in IBM Spectrum Scale 5.1.0 through 5.1.1.1 allows local users with administrative privileges to delete unexpired audit records. IBM identifies file audit logging as the affected component but has not published the flawed operation that defeats record-expiration enforcement. Local administrative access is required, and exploitation erases filesystem audit evidence before its configured retention period ends.
Summary
What happened
File manipulation in IBM Spectrum Scale 5.1.0 through 5.1.1.1 allows local users with administrative privileges to delete unexpired audit records. IBM identifies file audit logging as the affected component but has not published the flawed operation that defeats record-expiration enforcement. Local administrative access is required, and exploitation erases filesystem audit evidence before its configured retention period ends.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-38882
- Published
- Nov 16, 2021
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Vendor
- IBM
- Product
- IBM Spectrum Scale
- Classifications
- T1070.002
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 16, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 16, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.1.0
- Affected versionversion=5.1.1.1
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