CVE-2016-6110

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Published 2017-02-01 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

6.5

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.5

Description

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager discloses unencrypted login credentials to Vmware vCenter that could be obtained by a local user.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

65%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact

Linux kernel Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Not affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager	`{"endIncluding":"7.1.6.3"}`
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager	`7.1.0.0`
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager_for_virtual_environments_data_protection_for_vmware	`{"endIncluding":"7.1.6.3"}`
ibm	tivoli_storage_manager_for_virtual_environments_data_protection_for_vmware	`7.1.0.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-255

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

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