CVE-2009-3853
Stack-based buffer overflow in the client acceptor daemon (CAD) scheduler in the client in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 5.3 before…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 36.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the client acceptor daemon (CAD) scheduler in the client in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 5.3 before 5.3.6.7, 5.4 before 5.4.3, 5.5 before 5.5.2.2, and 6.1 before 6.1.0.2, and TSM Express 5.3.3.0 through 5.3.6.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted data in a TCP packet.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules1 module
- IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Express CAD Service Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/misc/ibm_tsm_cad_pingRank gooddisclosed 4 Nov 2009
Exploit-DB1 entry
- IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Express CAD Service - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16421remote, windowspublished 9 May 2010Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
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Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 36.7% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References7
- 1023136 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3132 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- IC61036 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 20091104 Secunia Research: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager CAD Service Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21405562 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-51/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 32534 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-3824 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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