CVE-2016-8937

CRITICAL

IBM Spectrum Protect <8.1 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1) default authentication protocol is vulnerable to a brute force attack due to disclosing too much information during authentication. An attacker could gain user or administrative access to the TSM server. IBM X-Force ID: 118750.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118750
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22007935

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0190
EPSS Percentile 77.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (50)
IBM/Spectrum Protect 7.1
IBM/Spectrum Protect 8.1
ibm/tivoli_storage_manager 6.1
ibm/tivoli_storage_manager 6.1.0
ibm/tivoli_storage_manager 6.1.1
ibm/tivoli_storage_manager 6.1.2
ibm/tivoli_storage_manager 6.1.3
ibm/tivoli_storage_manager 6.1.4
ibm/tivoli_storage_manager 6.1.5
ibm/tivoli_storage_manager 6.1.5.4
... and 40 more
Published Oct 05, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026