What is CVE-2016-6044?

CVE-2016-6044 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2017-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-6044?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

CVE-2016-6044

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Operations Center could allow an authenticated attacker to enable or disable the application's REST API, which may let the attacker violate security policy.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (48.2th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 48.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · 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-284 — Improper Access Control

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/95091 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6044?: CVE-2016-6044 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2017-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-6044?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.