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High severity · published Mar 7, 2017
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
8.8
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 61% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TS
Tivoli Storage Manager · Ibm
6.1; 6.1.0; 6.1.1; 6.1.2; 6.1.3; 6.1.4; +34 more · source: NVD
Affected product
TS
Tivoli Storage Manager
Ibm
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8940
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8940
Patch
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21998946
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