Medium severity · published Jan 20, 2016
CVE-2015-4951
Client Acceptor Daemon (CAD) in the client in IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) 5.5 and 6.x before 6.3.2.5, 6.4 before 6.4.3.1, and 7.1 before 7.1.3 allows…
5.3
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Client Acceptor Daemon (CAD) in the client in IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) 5.5 and 6.x before 6.3.2.5, 6.4 before 6.4.3.1, and 7.1 before 7.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted Web client URL.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TS
Tivoli Storage Manager · Ibm
5.5; 6.1; 6.2; 6.3; 6.4; 7.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4951
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4951
Patch
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21973484
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034692
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