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CVE-2012-4859

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4859 is an unspecified vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management (TSM HSM) versions prior to 6.2.5.0 and 6.3.1.0. This flaw allows local users to read or modify file system objects through unknown vectors. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it is a high-severity vulnerability, indicating complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with low attack complexity and no authentication required. Despite its severity, there is no known public exploit code, Metasploit modules, or evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community or media attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_for_space_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_for_space_management:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_for_space_management:6.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 23rd percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 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

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/79843
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory