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CVE-2009-3853

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-3853 is a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the client acceptor daemon (CAD) scheduler of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) and TSM Express. This flaw affects various versions of TSM 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, and 6.1, as well as TSM Express 5.3.3.0 through 5.3.6.6. The vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a high severity. It can be exploited remotely over the network with medium attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability through arbitrary code execution. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, a Metasploit module and an ExploitDB entry confirm the existence of public exploit code. Despite this, there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage, suggesting limited public attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.2.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:5.2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:5.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
36.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Express CAD Service Buffer Overflow · Nov 4, 2009
ExploitDB: EDB-16421 · May 9, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3672 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/32534
secunia.com / secunia_research/2008-51
securitytracker.com / id
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/507654/100/0/threaded
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/3132
PatchVendor Advisory