CVE-2007-4880 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the Client Acceptor Daemon (CAD) of several IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) client versions. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted HTTP headers to the affected TSM client. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability poses a severe risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit modules exist for Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating readily available tools for exploitation, despite a lack of community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_client:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_client:5.1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_client:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_client:5.2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_client:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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