CVE-2016-8916 describes a vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager versions 5.5, 6.1-6.4, and 7.1, where password information is inadvertently written to a log file when a password change command is executed. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) allows a local attacker with low privileges to read sensitive password data from the log file, leading to a high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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