VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2015-7408

low
Published 2016-02-15 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
3.7
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
2.6
VIR risk
3.7

Description

The server in IBM Spectrum Protect (aka Tivoli Storage Manager) 5.5 and 6.x before 6.3.5.1 and 7.x before 7.1.4 does not properly restrict use of the ASNODENAME option, which allows remote attackers to read or write to backup data by leveraging proxy authority.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
47%
Patch ETA
—

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=swg21975957

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT13609

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
ibmtivoli_storage_manager5.5.0.0
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.1.0.0
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.2.0.0
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.3.3.0
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.3.4.0
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.3.5.0
ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1.0.0
ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1.0.1
ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1.0.2
ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1.0.3

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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