What is CVE-2016-8937?

CVE-2016-8937 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-10-05.

How severe is CVE-2016-8937?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Ibm Spectrum Protect

CVE-2016-8937

The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1) default authentication protocol is vulnerable to a brute force attack due to disclosing too much information during authentication. An attacker could gain user or administra…

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.002 (46.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Spectrum Protect — versions 8.1, 7.1
Ibm Tivoli_storage_manager — versions 6.1, 6.1.0, 6.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8937?: CVE-2016-8937 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-10-05.
How severe is CVE-2016-8937?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.