What is CVE-2016-2894?

CVE-2016-2894 is a low-severity vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 2.5/10. Published 2016-07-03.

How severe is CVE-2016-2894?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

CVE-2016-2894

IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) 5.5 through 6.3 before 6.3.2.6, 6.4 before 6.4.3.3, and 7.1 before 7.1.6 allows local users to obtain sensitive retrieved data from arbitrary accounts in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging previous use of a symlink during archive and retrieve actions.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-07-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (21.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 21.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager — versions 5.5, 5.5.0, 5.5.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (vendor-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/91534 (vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036220 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2894?: CVE-2016-2894 is a low-severity vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 2.5/10. Published 2016-07-03.
How severe is CVE-2016-2894?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.5 out of 10.