High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 7, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2016-8940
CVE-2016-8940
Description
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 products
1- IBM Corporation/Tivoli Storage Managerv5Range: 5.3.5.3
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
1- www.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvdPatchVendor Advisory
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