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01 Record

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.89% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 79.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2017-10-05 17:00Z9 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-16 16:53Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2016-10-25
Assigning CNA
ibm
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
9eef1a66c4d12243fd0296cbf6cd6a31c7f671a55d1485f4d1f93d3e1b36b15c

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
IBMSpectrum Protect7.1, 8.1—

06 References