CVE-2016-2894
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.5 (v3.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (22th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2016-3967)
- Published
- July 3, 2016
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2016-3967 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 5, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / tivoli storage manager
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Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- IBM Tivoli Storage Manager V 5.5.1 - IBM Corporation - Common Criteria Certificate Number: 2009/53 - archived
References
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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