Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 5, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2016-8937
CVE-2016-8937
Description
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 administrative access to the TSM server. IBM X-Force ID: 118750.
Affected products
1- IBM/Spectrum Protectv5Range: 7.1
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
2- www.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118750nvdVDB EntryVendor Advisory
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