CVE-2014-6185

high

Published 2015-02-13 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.2

Description

dsmtca in the client in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 6.3 before 6.3.2.3, 6.4 before 6.4.2.2, and 7.1 before 7.1.1.3 does not properly restrict shared-library loading, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted DSO file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager	`6.3.0`
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager	`6.3.0.5`
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager	`6.3.0.15`
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager	`6.3.1.2`
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager	`6.3.2.1`
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager	`6.3.2.2`
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager	`6.4.0`
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager	`6.4.0.1`
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager	`6.4.0.4`
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager	`6.4.0.5`
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager	`6.4.0.7`
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager	`6.4.1`
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager	`6.4.1.3`
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager	`6.4.1.7`
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager	`6.4.2`
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager	`6.4.2.1`
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager	`7.1.0`
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager	`7.1.0.1`
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager	`7.1.0.2`
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager	`7.1.0.3`
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager	`7.1.1`
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager	`7.1.1.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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