CVE-2016-8940

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-03-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

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.

Affected products

IBM Corporation Tivoli Storage Manager: 6.1, 6.1.0, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3, 6.1.4 (+44)

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21998946
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21998946

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