CVE-2015-7425 describes a critical vulnerability in the Data Protection component of the VMware vSphere GUI within IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments and Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for VMware. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to gain administrative privileges by crafting a malicious URL that triggers unauthorized back-end function execution. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no user interaction or complex attack techniques, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical nature, there is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_flashcopy_manager_for_vmware:3.1:*:*:*:*:vmware:*:* | ||
3.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_flashcopy_manager_for_vmware:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:vmware:*:* | ||
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_flashcopy_manager_for_vmware:3.2:*:*:*:*:vmware:*:* | ||
6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_flashcopy_manager_for_vmware:6.3:*:*:*:*:vmware:*:* | ||
6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_flashcopy_manager_for_vmware:6.4:*:*:*:*:vmware:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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