CVE-2016-6033 Cross-site request forgery in Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments
An attacker can trick a trusted user into executing unauthorized actions in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments via cross-site request forgery.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-6033?
CVE-2016-6033 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Corporation Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments, published on 15 Feb 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments 7.1 (VMware) is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts. IBM Reference #: 1995545.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6033?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm Tivoli Storage Flashcopy Manager for Vmware, Ibm Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments Data Protection for Vmware.
How do I fix CVE-2016-6033?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6033 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-6033 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6033 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Corporation Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jq9q-r55q-23q9.