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CVE-2016-8940

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…

High8.8EPSS 0.94%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
ibm

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.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By ibm

  2. · 4 months later

    Published

  3. · 7 years later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2016-8940, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.0High8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.94% · top 39% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.

Weakness

Affected products

  • IBM Corporation · Tivoli Storage Manager

    • affected 5.3.5.3
    • affected 5.4.1.2
    • affected 4.2
    • affected 4.2.1
    • affected 5.1.8
    • affected 5.2.5.1
    • affected 5.2.7
    • affected 5.2.8
    • affected 5.2.9
    • affected 5.3.0
    • affected 5.3.1
    • affected 5.3.2
    • affected 5.3.3
    • affected 5.4.4.0
    • affected 5.4.2.4
    • affected 5.4.2.3
    • affected 5.4.2.2
    • affected 5.3.6.9
    • affected 5.3.6.2
    • affected 5.3.6.1
    • affected 5.3.4
    • affected 5.2.5.3
    • affected 5.2.5.2
    • affected 5.2.4
    • affected 5.3.5.1
    • affected 5.3.2.4
    • affected 6.0
    • affected 5.1.0
    • affected 5.1.1
    • affected 5.1.10
    • affected 5.1.5
    • affected 5.1.6
    • affected 5.1.7
    • affected 5.1.9
    • affected 5.2.0
    • affected 5.2.1
    • affected 4.2.2
    • affected 4.2.3
    • affected 4.2.4
    • affected 5.2.2
    • and 14 more

References (1)

Sources

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