CVE-2020-28198

HIGH

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager - Out-of-Bounds Write

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

The 'id' parameter of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5 Release 2 (Command Line Administrative Interface, dsmadmc.exe) is vulnerable to an exploitable stack buffer overflow. Note: the vulnerability can be exploited when it is used in "interactive" mode while, cause of a max number characters limitation, it cannot be exploited in batch or command line usage (e.g. dsmadmc.exe -id=username -password=pwd). NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 26.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
ibm/tivoli_storage_manager 5.2.0.1
Published May 06, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026