IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) CAD service cross-site scripting
| ibm-tsm-cad-xss (38125) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the CAD service. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the file functionality to inject malicious script into the dsmerror.log which would be executed in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the log file is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Platforms Affected:
- IBM, Tivoli Storage Manager 5.3.5.3
- IBM, Tivoli Storage Manager 5.4.1.2
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- IBM Web site, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager at http://www.ibm.com/us/.
- Secunia Research 29/10/2007, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client CAD Service Script Insertion at http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-75/advisory/.
- BID-26221: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client CAD Service HTML Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-4348: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the CAD service in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Client 5.3.5.3 and 5.4.1.2 for Windows allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via HTTP requests to port 1581, which generate log entries in a dsmerror.log file that is accessible through a certain web interface.
- SA27013: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client CAD Service Script Insertion
- SECTRACK ID: 1018868: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Input Validation Hole in CAD Service Permits Script Injection Attacks
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-3635: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client CAD Service Cross Site Scripting
Reported:
Oct 29, 2007
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