CVE-2014-8924: IBM License Metric Tool

Medium severity, CVSS 6.4. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The server in IBM License Metric Tool 7.2.2 before IF15 and 7.5 before IF24 and Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed 7.2.2 before IF15 and 7.5 before IF24 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or send TCP requests to intranet servers via XML data containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Affected products

• IBM License Metric Tool: version 7.2.2 only; version 7.5 only
• IBM Tivoli Asset Discovery For Distributed: version 7.2.2 only; version 7.5 only

Published 2015-05-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.