CVE-2016-8939 describes a vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1) clients/agents where password information is stored insecurely in the Windows Registry. This flaw allows a local attacker to compromise stored credentials, leading to a high impact on confidentiality. While rated as a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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