CVE-2008-5686

Severity: high (CVSS 8.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager (TPM) before 5.1.1.1 IF0006, when its LDAP service is shared with other applications, does not require that an LDAP user be listed in the TPM user records, which allows remote authenticated users to execute SOAP commands that access arbitrary TPM functionality, as demonstrated by running provisioning workflows.

Affected products

IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager: 5.1, 5.1.0.2, 5.1.1, 5.1.1.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/33143
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021394
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21330228
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32824
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3432
http://secunia.com/advisories/33143
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021394
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21330228
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32824
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3432

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