What is CVE-2016-5927?

CVE-2016-5927 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager For Space Management, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-09-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-5927?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager For Space Management

CVE-2016-5927

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management (aka Spectrum Protect for Space Management) 6.3.x before 6.3.2.6, 6.4.x before 6.4.3.3, and 7.1.x before 7.1.6, when certain dsmsetpw tracing is configured, allows local users to discover an encrypted password by reading application-trace output.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.003 (24.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Tivoli_storage_manager_for_space_management — versions 6.3.0, 6.3.2, 6.4.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5927?: CVE-2016-5927 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager For Space Management, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-09-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-5927?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.