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CVE-2016-8940: ibm corporation tivoli storage manager

CVSS: 8.8v3.0HighModified
Published 07-03-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-8940 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in ibm corporation tivoli storage manager. EPSS estimates a 0.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.94%
0%100%
Low · +0.17 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 07-03-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect) 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, and 7.1 does not perform sufficient authority checking on SQL queries. As a result, an attacker is able to submit SQL queries that access database tables that are not intended for access or use by administrators. The access of these product specific database tables may allow access to passwords or other sensitive information for the product. IBM Reference #: 1998946.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.94%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

61%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.17 pp

From 0.78% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.94%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ibm1 product
  • tivoli_storage_manager6.1 | 6.1.0 | 6.1.1 | 6.1.2 | 6.1.3 | 6.1.4 | 6.1.5 | 6.1.5.4 | 6.1.5.5 | 6.1.5.6 | 6.2.0 | 6.2.1 | 6.2.2 | 6.2.3 | 6.2.4 | 6.3 | 6.3.0.5 | 6.3.0.15 | 6.3.0.17 | 6.3.1 | 6.3.1.2 | 6.3.2.2 | 6.3.3 | 6.3.4 | 6.3.5 | 6.3.5.1 | 6.3.6 | 7.1 | 7.1..5.100 | 7.1.0.1 | 7.1.0.2 | 7.1.0.3 | 7.1.1 | 7.1.1.1 | 7.1.1.2 | 7.1.1.100 | 7.1.1.200 | 7.1.1.300 | 7.1.3 | 7.1.3.000 | 7.1.3.1 | 7.1.3.2 | 7.1.3.100 | 7.1.4 | 7.1.4.1 | 7.1.4.2 | 7.1.5 | 7.1.5.200 | 7.1.6 | 7.1.7
Ibm corporation1 product
  • tivoli storage manager5.3.5.3 | 5.4.1.2 | 4.2 | 4.2.1 | 5.1.8 | 5.2.5.1 | 5.2.7 | 5.2.8 | 5.2.9 | 5.3.0 | 5.3.1 | 5.3.2 | 5.3.3 | 5.4.4.0 | 5.4.2.4 | 5.4.2.3 | 5.4.2.2 | 5.3.6.9 | 5.3.6.2 | 5.3.6.1 | 5.3.4 | 5.2.5.3 | 5.2.5.2 | 5.2.4 | 5.3.5.1 | 5.3.2.4 | 6.0 | 5.1.0 | 5.1.1 | 5.1.10 | 5.1.5 | 5.1.6 | 5.1.7 | 5.1.9 | 5.2.0 | 5.2.1 | 4.2.2 | 4.2.3 | 4.2.4 | 5.2.2 | 5.3 | 5.2 Client | 5.4 Client | 5.5.7 | 5.2.3.4 Client | 5.5.1.0 | 5.5.1.6 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 7.1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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