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CVE-2016-8942

12
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8942 describes a low-severity vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center and IBM Spectrum Control, allowing an authenticated user with specific system knowledge to modify a limited set of server properties. The attack requires low privileges and high attack complexity, with no impact on confidentiality or availability, and only a limited impact on integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_control:5.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_control:5.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_control:5.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_control:5.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_productivity_center:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

3.1LOW

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0049 is in the 12th percentile among its peer group of 1,637 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94916
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry