High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published May 6, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-28198
CVE-2020-28198
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
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:5.2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:5.2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 5.2
- IBM/Tivoli Storage Managerdescription
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References
2- github.com/VoidSec/Exploit-Development/blob/master/windows/x86/local/IBM_ITSM_Administrator_Client_v.5.2.0.1/IBM_TSM_v.5.2.0.1_exploit.pynvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- voidsec.com/tivoli-madness/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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