CVE-2016-2894 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2016-2894

IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) 5.5 through 6.3...

Vulnerability Description

IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) 5.5 through 6.3 before 6.3.2.6, 6.4 before 6.4.3.3, and 7.1 before 7.1.6 allows local users to obtain sensitive retrieved data from arbitrary accounts in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging previous use of a symlink during archive and retrieve actions.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

tivoli storage manager
Vulnerable Versions:
5.5, 5.5.0, 5.5.2, 5.5.3, 5.5.4, 5.5.4.1, 5.5.4.2, 5.5.4.3, 6.1, 6.1.0, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3, 6.1.4, 6.1.5, 6.1.5.4, 6.1.5.5, 6.1.5.6, 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4, 6.2.4.7, 6.3, 6.3.0, 6.3.0.5, 6.3.0.15, 6.3.0.17, 6.3.1, 6.3.1.2, 6.3.2.2, 6.4, 6.4.0, 6.4.0.1, 6.4.0.4, 6.4.0.5, 6.4.0.7, 6.4.1.3, 6.4.1.7, 6.4.2.1, 6.4.2.100, 6.4.2.200, 6.4.3, 6.4.3.1, 7.1, 7.1..5.100, 7.1.0.1, 7.1.0.2, 7.1.0.3, 7.1.1, 7.1.1.1, 7.1.1.100, 7.1.1.200, 7.1.1.300, 7.1.2, 7.1.3, 7.1.3.000, 7.1.3.1, 7.1.3.2, 7.1.3.100, 7.1.4, 7.1.4.1, 7.1.5, 7.1.5.200

Timeline

Official Publish: July 3rd, 2016
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.