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CVE-2009-3854· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Buffer overflow in the traditional client scheduler in the client in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 5.3 before 5.3.6.7 and 5.4 before 5.4.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Plan (action score 42/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 5.8% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 93% of all records.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

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Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Buffer overflow in the traditional client scheduler in the client in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 5.3 before 5.3.6.7 and 5.4 before 5.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

CriticalCVSS 10.0 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Nov 4, 2009
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
5.8% · 93th percentile

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Action score

42

Plan

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CVSS
40 / 40 · 10.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
2 / 30 · 5.8%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
ibmtivoli storage manager

Affected versions

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

  • ibm tivoli storage manager5.2.5.3
  • ibm tivoli storage manager5.3
  • ibm tivoli storage manager5.3.0
  • ibm tivoli storage manager5.3.1
  • ibm tivoli storage manager5.3.2
  • ibm tivoli storage manager5.3.2.4
  • ibm tivoli storage manager5.3.3
  • ibm tivoli storage manager5.3.4
  • ibm tivoli storage manager5.3.5.1
  • ibm tivoli storage manager5.3.6.1
  • ibm tivoli storage manager5.3.6.2
  • ibm tivoli storage manager5.3.6.3
  • ibm tivoli storage manager5.3.6.4
  • ibm tivoli storage manager5.3.6.5
  • ibm tivoli storage manager5.3.6.6
  • ibm tivoli storage manager5.4.0
  • ibm tivoli storage manager5.4.1
  • ibm tivoli storage manager5.5.0

Same product

ibm: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2008-4563Heap-based buffer overflow in adsmdll.dll 5.3.7.7296, as used by the daemon (dsmsvc.exe) in the backup server in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
    49Plan
  • CVE-2009-3853Stack-based buffer overflow in the client acceptor daemon (CAD) scheduler in the client in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 5.3 before 5.3.6
    48Plan
  • CVE-2006-5855Multiple buffer overflows in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) before 5.2.9 and 5.3.x before 5.3.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial o
    48Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2004-2762Mar 31, 2009 · The server in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 4.2.x on MVS, 5.1.9.x before 5.1.9.1, 5.1.x before 5.1.10, 5.2.2.x before 5.2.2.3, 5.2.x befo
    18Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2009-1178Mar 31, 2009 · Unspecified vulnerability in the server in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 5.3.x before 5.3.2 and 6.x before 6.1 has unknown impact and att
    41Plan
  • Later →CVE-2009-3855Nov 4, 2009 · Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the (1) UNIX and (2) Linux backup-archive clients, and the (3) OS/400 API client, in IBM Tivoli Stor
    38Monitor

Remediation

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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

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

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
C · data can be read
Integrity
C · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
C · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
C
Integrity impact
C
Availability impact
C

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

nvd-primary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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