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CVE-2016-8939

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1) clients/agents store password information in the Windows Registry in a manner which can be compromised. IBM X-Force ID: 118790.

Affected products

• IBM Corporation Tivoli Storage Manager: 6.1, 6.1.0, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3, 6.1.4 (+59)

References

• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22003738
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98783
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038607
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118790
• https://improsec.com/blog/vulnerability-in-tsm
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22003738
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98783
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038607
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118790
• https://improsec.com/blog/vulnerability-in-tsm

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