CVE-2016-3059

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Published 2016-08-08 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

6.2

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.2

Description

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases: Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server (aka IBM Spectrum Protect for Databases) 6.3 before 6.3.1.7 and 6.4 before 6.4.1.9 and Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for Microsoft SQL Server (aka IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot) 3.1 before 3.1.1.7 and 3.2 before 3.2.1.9 allow local users to discover a cleartext SQL Server password by reading the Task List in the MMC GUI.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

62%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
ibm	tivoli_storage_flashcopy_manager_for_sql_server	`{"startIncluding":"3.1.0.0","endIncluding":"3.1.1.6"}`
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager_for_databases_data_protection_for_microsoft_sql_server	`{"startIncluding":"6.3.0.0","endIncluding":"6.3.1.8"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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