The Backup-Archive client in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) for Space Management 5.x and 6.x before 6.2.5.3, 6.3.x before 6.3.2, 6.4.x bef
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 13/100)
- 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: 0.33% (FIRST EPSS).
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.
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
The Backup-Archive client in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) for Space Management 5.x and 6.x before 6.2.5.3, 6.3.x before 6.3.2, 6.4.x before 6.4.2, and 7.1.x before 7.1.0.3 on Linux and AIX, and 5.x and 6.x before 6.1.5.6 on Solaris and HP-UX, does not preserve file permissions across backup and restore operations, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via standard filesystem operations.
- Published
- Aug 26, 2014
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 25th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-281
Report tools
Action score
13
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 13 / 40 · 3.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| ibm | tivoli storage manager | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager |
| ibm | aix | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix |
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
| hp | hp-ux | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux |
| oracle | solaris | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- ibm tivoli storage manager5.1 and later · before 6.2.5.3
- ibm tivoli storage manager6.3.0 and later · before 6.3.2
- ibm tivoli storage manager6.4.0 and later · before 6.4.2
- ibm tivoli storage manager7.1.0.0 and later · before 7.1.0.3
- ibm tivoli storage manager5.1 and later · before 6.1.5.6
Same product
ibm: all recordsOther 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 5.3.648Plan
- 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 o48Plan
- 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 att41Plan
- 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
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
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.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
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
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-281 · Improper Preservation of PermissionsCVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log
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References
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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.