CVE-2018-1853: IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1) could allow a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action of the victim. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack the victim's click actions and possibly launch further attacks against the victim. IBM X-Force ID: 151014.

Affected products

• IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client: from 7.1.0.0, up to and including 7.1.8.4; from 8.1.0.0, up to and including 8.1.6.1

Published 2019-04-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.