CVE-2016-8937

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-287

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	Spectrum Protect	7.1; 8.1

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22007935Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118750VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22007935Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118750VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 5, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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