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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2008-4828 in the critical feed json

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in dsmagent.exe in the Remote Agent Service in the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) client 5.1.0.0 th…

published 2009-05-05 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-4807

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
71.5%
EPSS 71.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.4%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in dsmagent.exe in the Remote Agent Service in the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) client 5.1.0.0 through 5.1.8.2, 5.2.0.0 through 5.2.5.3, 5.3.0.0 through 5.3.6.4, and 5.4.0.0 through 5.4.1.96, and the TSM Express client 5.3.3.0 through 5.3.6.4, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a request packet that is not properly parsed by an unspecified "generic string handling function" or (2) a crafted NodeName in a dicuGetIdentifyRequest request packet, related to the (a) Web GUI and (b) Java GUI.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/misc/ibm_tsm_rca_dicugetidentify)

Exploit prediction

71.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.