THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-4801
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-4801

Tivoli Storage Manager Client vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
11.4%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Data Protection for SQL CAD service (aka dsmcat.exe) in the Client Acceptor Daemon (CAD) and the scheduler in the Backup-Archive client 5.1.0.0 through 5.1.8.1, 5.2.0.0 through 5.2.5.2, 5.3.0.0 through 5.3.6.1, 5.4.0.0 through 5.4.2.2, and 5.5.0.0 through 5.5.0.91 in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM); and the Backup-Archive client in TSM Express; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a large amount of crafted data to a TCP port.
Affected vendor
Ibm
Affected product
Tivoli Storage Manager Client
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2008-10-31

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 11.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-4801

  • Confirm whether Ibm Tivoli Storage Manager Client is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-4801.
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