What is CVE-2016-5918?

CVE-2016-5918 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager For Space Management, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-02-08.

How severe is CVE-2016-5918?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager For Space Management

CVE-2016-5918

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager HSM for Windows displays the encrypted Tivoli Storage Manager password in application trace output if the password access option is prompt and the password is changed.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-02-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (22.3th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 22.3% 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 For Space Management — versions 7.1.0.0, 6.4.0.0
IBM Corporation Tivoli Storage Manager Hsm For Windows — versions 5.5.0.0, 5.3.5.0, 6.4
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92534 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5918?: CVE-2016-5918 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager For Space Management, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-02-08.
How severe is CVE-2016-5918?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.