CVE-2016-8940

8.8 highEPSS 0.9%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

8.8 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 61% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-200
Published: 2017-03-07
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

ibm:tivoli_storage_manager

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21998946
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21998946

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