CVE-2010-3757

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-10-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

Format string vulnerability in the _Eventlog function in FastBackServer.exe in the Server in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) FastBack 5.5.0.0 through 5.5.6.0 and 6.1.0.0 through 6.1.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers located after a | (pipe) character in a string. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2010-3059.

Affected products

IBM Corporation Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack: 5.5.0, 5.5.1, 5.5.2, 5.5.2.0, 5.5.3.0, 5.5.4.0 (+4)

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC69883
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21443820
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514069/100/0/threaded
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-185/
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC69883
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21443820
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514069/100/0/threaded
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-185/

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