VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-5946

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Published 2016-09-26 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
4.0
VIR risk
6.5

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Control (formerly Tivoli Storage Productivity Center) 5.2.x before 5.2.11 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a URL.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
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=swg21988625

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT16944

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
ibmspectrum_control5.2.8
ibmspectrum_control5.2.9
ibmspectrum_control5.2.10
ibmspectrum_control5.2.10.1
ibmtivoli_storage_productivity_center5.2.0
ibmtivoli_storage_productivity_center5.2.1
ibmtivoli_storage_productivity_center5.2.1.1
ibmtivoli_storage_productivity_center5.2.2
ibmtivoli_storage_productivity_center5.2.3
ibmtivoli_storage_productivity_center5.2.4
ibmtivoli_storage_productivity_center5.2.4.1
ibmtivoli_storage_productivity_center5.2.5
ibmtivoli_storage_productivity_center5.2.5.1
ibmtivoli_storage_productivity_center5.2.6
ibmtivoli_storage_productivity_center5.2.7
ibmtivoli_storage_productivity_center5.2.7.1

References

CWEs

CWE-200

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