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

EPSS: 0.003 (22.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Ibm Tivoli_storage_manager — versions 5.5, 5.5.0, 5.5.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_AIXAPAR)
psirt@us.ibm.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@us.ibm.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

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.