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

published March 7, 2017

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
60.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00943 · 60.4th percentile
Published
2017-03-07T17:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 MAR 17:00Z
    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
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