CVE-2007-4880

Exp

Buffer overflow in the Client Acceptor Daemon (CAD), dsmcad.exe, in certain IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) clients 5.1 before 5.1.8.1, 5.2 before 5.2.5.2, 5.3 before 5.3.5.3, and 5.4 before 5.4.1.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP headers, aka IC52905.

Published: 2007-09-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-4880 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 75.94%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-4880

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16764 exploit_db edb 2010-05-09 Exploit-DB ↗
4573 exploit_db edb 2007-10-27 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-4880

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 89.42% 75.94% -13.47%
2 2026-05-17 88.94% 89.42% +0.48%
3 2025-03-30 88.94%

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-4880

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-4880

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-4880

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm tivoli_storage_manager_client 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_client:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm tivoli_storage_manager_client 5.1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_client:5.1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm tivoli_storage_manager_client 5.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_client:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm tivoli_storage_manager_client 5.2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_client:5.2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm tivoli_storage_manager_client 5.3 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_client:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm tivoli_storage_manager_client 5.3.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_client:5.3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm tivoli_storage_manager_client 5.4 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_client:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm tivoli_storage_manager_client 5.4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_client:5.4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-4880

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