CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 10.0. Its EPSS score suggests a 11.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable.
CVE
CVE-2008-4801
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
10
EPSS
11.38%
Original NVD Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Data Protection for SQL CAD service (aka dsmcat.exe) in the Client Acceptor Daemon (CAD) and the scheduler in the Backup-Archive client 5.1.0.0 through 5.1.8.1, 5.2.0.0 through 5.2.5.2, 5.3.0.0 through 5.3.6.1, 5.4.0.0 through 5.4.2.2, and 5.5.0.0 through 5.5.0.91 in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM); and the Backup-Archive client in TSM Express; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a large amount of crafted data to a TCP port.