VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2014-4818

low
Published 2015-02-24 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
2.1

Description

dsmtca in the client in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 5.4.x, 5.5.x, 6.x before 6.4.3, and 7.1.x before 7.1.2 allows local users to discover the backup/restore encryption-key password via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21697022

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager5.4.0
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager5.5
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.1
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.2
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.3
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.3.3
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.3.4
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.3.5
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.4
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.4.1
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.4.2
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1.1

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.