CVE-2016-5934 describes a critical vulnerability in the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack installer, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. By manipulating the victim's path with a specially crafted DLL, an attacker can achieve code execution with the victim's privileges during installer execution. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.3, indicating significant potential for impact (confidentiality, integrity, availability) with low attack complexity, though it requires user interaction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_fastback:*:*:*:*:demo:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.