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CVE-2016-2988

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-11-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

IBM Tivoli Storage Manger for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware (aka Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments) 6.4.x before 6.4.3.4 and 7.1.x before 7.1.6 allows remote authenticated users to bypass a TSM credential requirement and obtain administrative access by leveraging multiple simultaneous logins.

Affected products

• IBM Tivoli Storage Manager For Virtual Environments: 6.4, 7.1

References

• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21988781
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21988781

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