What is CVE-2016-8940?

CVE-2016-8940 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Tivoli_storage_manager, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-03-07.

How severe is CVE-2016-8940?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Ibm Tivoli_storage_manager

CVE-2016-8940

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect) 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, and 7.1 does not perform sufficient authority checking on SQL queries. As a result, an attacker is able to submit SQL queries that access database tables that are not intende…

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.003 (56.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Tivoli_storage_manager — versions 6.1, 6.1.0, 6.1.1
Ibm Corporation Tivoli Storage Manager — versions 5.1.1, 5.3.5.3, 5.3.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8940?: CVE-2016-8940 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Tivoli_storage_manager, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-03-07.
How severe is CVE-2016-8940?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.