CVE-2015-1942 describes a critical vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack 6.1 prior to version 6.1.12. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to write arbitrary files to the server and subsequently execute them by sending a specially crafted TCP packet to an unspecified port. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector, medium attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_fastback:6.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_fastback:6.1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_fastback:6.1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_fastback:6.1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_fastback:6.1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.