IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments (VMware) could disclose the Windows domain credentials to a user with a high level of pr

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 for virtual environments data protection for vmware7.1.3
• ibm tivoli storage manager for virtual environments data protection for vmware7.1.4
• ibm tivoli storage manager for virtual environments data protection for vmware7.1.4.0
• ibm tivoli storage manager for virtual environments data protection for vmware7.1.6
• ibm tivoli storage manager for virtual environments data protection for vmware7.1.6.2
• ibm tivoli storage manager for virtual environments data protection for vmware7.1.6.3

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (ibm). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

• IBM Corporation Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments

  • 6.3, 6.4, 7.1affected

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2016-6033IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments 7.1 (VMware) is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker t
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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.