CVE-2016-2988

HighCVSS 8.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

IBM Tivoli Storage Manger for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware (aka Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments) 6.4.x before 6.4.3.4 and 7.1.x before 7.1.6 allows remote authenticated users to bypass a TSM credential requirement and obtain administrative access by leveraging multiple simultaneous logins.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21988781Vendor Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21988781Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Nov 25, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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