CVE-2015-7404: IBM Tivoli Storage Flashcopy Manager

Low severity, CVSS 1.9. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases: Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server (aka Spectrum Protect for Databases) 5.5 before 5.5.6.2, 6.3 before 6.3.1.6, 6.4 before 6.4.1.8, and 7.1 before 7.1.4; Tivoli Storage Manager for Mail: Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server (aka Spectrum Protect for Mail) 5.5 before 5.5.1.1, 6.1 and 6.3 before 6.3.1.6, 6.4 before 6.4.1.8, and 7.1 before 7.1.4; and Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for Windows (aka Spectrum Protect Snapshot) 2.x and 3.1 before 3.1.1.6, 3.2 before 3.2.1.8, and 4.1 before 4.1.4, when application tracing is configured, write cleartext passwords during changetsmpassword command execution, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the application trace output.

Affected products

• IBM Tivoli Storage Flashcopy Manager: version 2.1.0 only; version 2.2.0 only; version 2.2.1 only; version 3.1.0 only; version 3.1.1 only; version 3.2.0 only; …
• IBM Tivoli Storage Manager For Databases Data Protection For Microsoft SQL Server: version 5.5 only; version 5.5.1 only; version 5.5.2 only; version 5.5.3 only; version 5.5.4 only; version 5.5.5 only; …
• IBM Tivoli Storage Manager For Mail Data Protection For Microsoft Exchange Server: version 5.5 only; version 5.5.1 only; version 6.1 only; version 6.1.1 only; version 6.1.2 only; version 6.1.3 only; …

Published 2015-11-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.