CVE-2016-8940

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
IBM
Status
Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 March 2017

Summary

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 intended for access or use by administrators. The access of these product specific database tables may allow access to passwords or other sensitive information for the product. IBM Reference #: 1998946.

Affected Version(s)

Tivoli Storage Manager 5.3.5.3

Tivoli Storage Manager 5.4.1.2

Tivoli Storage Manager 4.2

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21998946
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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