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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Server and Administration Center up to 6.3.5 (Backup Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Flexera InstallAnywhere. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a untrusted search path vulnerability (Third Party). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-426. The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Flexera InstallAnywhere allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory of a setup-launcher executable file.

The weakness was presented 07/25/2016 with CERT as 1985483 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-4560 since 05/06/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1574.

Upgrading to version 6.3.6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

See 81077 and 88550 for similar entries.

Productinfo

Type

• Backup Software

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Administration Center
• Tivoli Storage Manager Server

Version

• 6.3.0
• 6.3.1
• 6.3.2
• 6.3.3
• 6.3.4
• 6.3.5

License

• commercial

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
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Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
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VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Name: Third Party
Class: Untrusted search path / Third Party
CWE: CWE-426
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
Today	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

OpenVAS ID: 840137
OpenVAS Name: Flexera InstallAnywhere Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (Mac OS X)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

Reaction Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Tivoli Storage Manager Server/Administration Center 6.3.6

Timelineinfo

05/06/2016 🔍
05/24/2016 +18 days 🔍
07/02/2016 +39 days 🔍
07/25/2016 +23 days 🔍
07/25/2016 +0 days 🔍
07/29/2016 +4 days 🔍
07/31/2016 +2 days 🔍
03/14/2019 +956 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: 1985483
Organization: CERT
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2016-4560 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1036478
SecurityFocus: 90979 - Flexera InstallAnywhere CVE-2016-4560 Local Code Execution Vulnerability

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 07/31/2016 20:44
Updated: 03/14/2019 16:46
Changes: 07/31/2016 20:44 (63), 03/14/2019 16:46 (15)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 3:D32:103

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