VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-2894

low
Published 2016-07-03 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
2.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
2.5

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) 5.5 through 6.3 before 6.3.2.6, 6.4 before 6.4.3.3, and 7.1 before 7.1.6 allows local users to obtain sensitive retrieved data from arbitrary accounts in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging previous use of a symlink during archive and retrieve actions.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
27%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21985579

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
ibmtivoli_storage_manager5.5
ibmtivoli_storage_manager5.5.0
ibmtivoli_storage_manager5.5.2
ibmtivoli_storage_manager5.5.3
ibmtivoli_storage_manager5.5.4
ibmtivoli_storage_manager5.5.4.1
ibmtivoli_storage_manager5.5.4.2
ibmtivoli_storage_manager5.5.4.3
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.1
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.1.0
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.1.1
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.1.2
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.1.3
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.1.4
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.1.5
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.1.5.4
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.1.5.5
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.1.5.6
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.2
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.2.0
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.2.1
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.2.2
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.2.3
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.2.4
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.2.4.7
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.3
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.3.0
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.3.0.5
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.3.0.15
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.3.0.17
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.3.1
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.3.1.2
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.3.2.2
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.4
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.4.0
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.4.0.1
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.4.0.4
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.4.0.5
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.4.0.7
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.4.1.3
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.4.1.7
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.4.2.1
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.4.2.100
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.4.2.200
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.4.3
ibmtivoli_storage_manager6.4.3.1
ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1
ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1..5.100
ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1.0.1
ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1.0.2
ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1.0.3
ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1.1
ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1.1.1
ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1.1.100
ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1.1.200
ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1.1.300
ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1.2
ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1.3
ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1.3.000
ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1.3.1
ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1.3.2
ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1.3.100
ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1.4
ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1.4.1
ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1.5
ibmtivoli_storage_manager7.1.5.200

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.