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    CVE-2016-8937

    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.

    Published:Oct 5, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Oct 5, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00232
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Ibm
    Product
    Tivoli Storage Manager

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-287 Improper Authentication

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High