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CVE-2009-3855· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the (1) UNIX and (2) Linux backup-archive clients, and the (3) OS/400 API client, in IBM Tivoli Stor

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the (1) UNIX and (2) Linux backup-archive clients, and the (3) OS/400 API client, in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 5.3 before 5.3.6.6, 5.4 before 5.4.2, and 5.5 before 5.5.1, when the MAILPROG option is enabled, allow attackers to read, modify, or delete arbitrary files via unknown vectors.

CriticalCVSS 9.3 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Nov 4, 2009
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.7% · 77th percentile
CWE
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CVSS
37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 1.7%

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Affected systems

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 manager5.4.0
  • 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
  • CVE-2009-3854Buffer 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.
    42Plan
  • CVE-2009-1178Unspecified 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
  • CVE-2016-8937The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1) default authentication protocol is vulnerable to a brute force attack due
    40Plan

Remediation

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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

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Patch and commit links

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Credits

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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

    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
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    C
    Integrity impact
    C
    Availability impact
    C

    Weakness class (CWE)

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    CVSS vector

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

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    Change log

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

    References

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

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