IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center (IBM Spectrum Control Standard Edition 5.2.1 through 5.2.17) allows users to remain idle within the…

published 2019-05-09 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-13679

cvss: 4.7; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center (IBM Spectrum Control Standard Edition 5.2.1 through 5.2.17) allows users to remain idle within the application even when a user has logged out. Utilizing the application back button users can remain logged in as the current user for a short period of time, therefore users are presented with information for Spectrum Control Application. IBM X-Force ID: 157064.

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Exploit prediction

0.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	4.7	CVSS:3.0/AC:L/S:U/AV:N/A:L/C:L/PR:H/UI:N/I:L/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
NVD	3.1	6.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA	3.0	4.7	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Control Standard Edition

Classification

Weakness

CWE-613 DEPRECATED: Insufficient Session Expiration

References

ibm.com /support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10873036
vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/157064
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-4072
NVD CVE-2019-4072

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