CVE-2016-5927

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-09-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management (aka Spectrum Protect for Space Management) 6.3.x before 6.3.2.6, 6.4.x before 6.4.3.3, and 7.1.x before 7.1.6, when certain dsmsetpw tracing is configured, allows local users to discover an encrypted password by reading application-trace output.

Affected products

IBM Corporation Tivoli Storage Manager HSM for Windows: 6.3.0, 6.3.2, 6.4.0, 6.4.0.0, 6.4.1, 6.4.2 (+6)

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT15203
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21989006
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92723
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT15203
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21989006
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92723

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