IBM Tivoli Storage Manager discloses unencrypted login credentials to Vmware vCenter that could be obtained by a local user.
- Published
- Feb 1, 2017
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 24th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-255
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Action score
26
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| ibm | tivoli storage manager | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager |
| ibm | tivoli storage manager for virtual environments data protection for vmware | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_for_virtual_environments_data_protection_for_vmware |
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
| microsoft | windows | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- ibm tivoli storage managerup to 7.1.6.3 inclusive
- ibm tivoli storage manager7.1.0.0
- ibm tivoli storage manager for virtual environments data protection for vmwareup to 7.1.6.3 inclusive
- ibm tivoli storage manager for virtual environments data protection for vmware7.1.0.0
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
- 5.3.5.3, 5.4.1.2, 4.2, 4.2.1, 5.1.8, 5.2.5.1, 5.2.7, 5.2.8, 5.2.9, 5.3.0, 5.3.1, 5.3.2 … (+28)affected
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
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Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
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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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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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
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-255 · Credentials Management ErrorsCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Noroxi analysis
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.