CVE-2015-7429: IBM Spectrum Protect For Virtual Environments

High severity, CVSS 8.5. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Data Protection extension in the VMware GUI in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware (aka Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments) 7.1 before 7.1.4 and Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for VMware (aka Spectrum Protect Snapshot) 4.1 before 4.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to restore arbitrary virtual machines and consequently obtain sensitive information by visiting the vSphere inventory.

Affected products

• IBM Spectrum Protect For Virtual Environments: version 7.1 only
• IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot: version 4.1 only

Published 2016-01-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.