CVE-2015-7429

high

Published 2016-01-02 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

8.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

4.0

VIR risk

8.5

Description

The Data Protection extension in the VMware GUI in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware (aka Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments) 7.1 before 7.1.4 and Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for VMware (aka Spectrum Protect Snapshot) 4.1 before 4.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to restore arbitrary virtual machines and consequently obtain sensitive information by visiting the vSphere inventory.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

90%

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=swg21973087

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
ibm	spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments	`7.1`
ibm	spectrum_protect_snapshot	`4.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-200

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