What is CVE-2016-6043?

CVE-2016-6043 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, classified under Session Fixation. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2017-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-6043?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

CVE-2016-6043

Tivoli Storage Manager Operations Center could allow a local user to take over a previously logged in user due to session expiration not being enforced.

Published 2017-02-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (14.3th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 14.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager — versions 6.4.1, 6.4.1.1, 6.4.2
IBM Corporation Tivoli Storage Manager Extended Edition — versions 6.2, 6.4, 7.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-384 — Session Fixation

References

www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95090 (Technical Description, VDB Entry, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6043?: CVE-2016-6043 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, classified under Session Fixation. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2017-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-6043?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.