CVE-2017-1266
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIBM Security Guardium 10.0 specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors. IBM X-Force ID: 124741.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceIBM Security Guardium 10.0 contains a permission misconfiguration that allows unintended actors to read or modify a security-critical resource. This appears to be an improper access control vulnerability where permissions on a sensitive component (likely configuration, credentials, or audit data) are set too broadly, potentially allowing unauthorized users to access or alter protected data.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 10.0= 10.0.1= 10.1.0= 10.1.2= 10.1.3CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Determine the installed Guardium versionRun the command to display the Guardium version (typically via CLI with 'guardium_version' or through the web UI system info page)Affected if The installed version matches 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.1.0, 10.1.2, or 10.1.3
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Locate security-critical resourcesIdentify sensitive components such as configuration files, credential stores, and audit repositories within the Guardium installation directory structureAffected if The system contains configuration, credentials, or audit data that could be accessed by unauthorized users
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Examine permissions on sensitive configuration filesUse file system permission commands (such as 'ls -la' or equivalent) to list access rights on Guardium configuration directories and filesAffected if Permissions allow read or write access to users other than the designated Guardium administrator account
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Review access control settings for audit dataAccess the Guardium admin console and navigate to the audit log or report repository settings to inspect which roles or users have access permissionsAffected if Users without administrator privileges can read or modify audit data
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Check role-based access control (RBAC) assignmentsIn the Guardium admin interface, review the role assignments to determine which users are assigned to privileged versus standard rolesAffected if Standard or unauthorized users have been granted elevated permissions beyond their intended role
A user is affected if they are running Guardium version 10.0 through 10.1.3 and sensitive resources have permissions that allow unauthorized users to read or modify them.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataReview and restrict permissions on all security-critical resources in Guardium to enforce least-privilege access controls. Verify that only authorized roles and users have read/write access to sensitive configurations, credentials, and audit repositories.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2017-1266 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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