What is CVE-2019-4093?

CVE-2019-4093 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2019-04-02.

How severe is CVE-2019-4093?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect

CVE-2019-4093

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.7) could allow a user to restore files and directories using IBM Spectrum Prootect Client Web User Interface on Windows that they should not have access to due to incorrect file permissions. IBM X-Force ID: 157981.

Published 2019-04-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (26.7th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 26.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Protect — versions 8.1.7
IBM Spectrum Protect — versions 8.1.7
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/157981 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-4093?: CVE-2019-4093 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2019-04-02.
How severe is CVE-2019-4093?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.