CVE-2010-4121: IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager OS Deployment

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The TCP-to-ODBC gateway in IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment 7.1.1.3 does not require authentication for SQL statements, which allows remote attackers to modify, create, or read database records via a session on TCP port 2020. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating that the "default Microsoft Access database is not password protected because it is intended to be used for evaluation purposes only.

Affected products

• IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager OS Deployment: version 7.1.1.3 only

Published 2010-10-28. Last modified 2026-06-16.