Unspecified vulnerability in certain IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) clients 5.1 before 5.1.8.1, 5.2 before 5.2.5.2, 5.3 before 5.3.5.3, an

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• ibm tivoli storage manager client5.1 and later · before 5.1.8.1
• ibm tivoli storage manager client5.2 and later · before 5.2.5.2
• ibm tivoli storage manager client5.3 and later · before 5.3.5.3
• ibm tivoli storage manager client5.4 and later · before 5.4.1.2

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2007-4880Buffer overflow in the Client Acceptor Daemon (CAD), dsmcad.exe, in certain IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) clients 5.1 before 5.1.8.1, 5.2
  63This week
• CVE-2008-4828Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in dsmagent.exe in the Remote Agent Service in the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) client 5.1.0.0 thr
  61This week
• CVE-2008-4801Heap-based buffer overflow in the Data Protection for SQL CAD service (aka dsmcat.exe) in the Client Acceptor Daemon (CAD) and the scheduler
  43Plan
• CVE-2009-1520Buffer overflow in the Web GUI in the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) client 5.1.0.0 through 5.1.8.2, 5.2.0.0 through 5.2.5.3, 5.3.0.0 thro
  41Plan
• CVE-2009-1521Unspecified vulnerability in the Java GUI in the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) client 5.2.0.0 through 5.2.5.3, 5.3.0.0 through 5.3.6.5, 5
  30Monitor
• CVE-2009-1522The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) client 5.5.0.0 through 5.5.1.17 on AIX and Windows, when SSL is used, allows remote attackers to conduc
  29Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1{2  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],3  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }4}

1{2  "permissions": ["activeTab"],3  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]4}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.