Tivoli Storage Manager
CVE-2016-6043
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V7 - Session Management Session fixation prevention
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| Impact | CVSS score of 7.0 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, high complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.05%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | Successful exploitation could compromise the high-severity affected system. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Tivoli Storage Manager Operations Center could allow a local user to take over a previously logged in user due to session expiration not being enforced. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0).
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-384. Tivoli Storage Manager Operations Center could allow a local user to take over a previously logged in user due to session expiration not being enforced. Affected products include: Ibm Tivoli Storage Manager.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
Tivoli Storage Manager Operations Center could allow a local user to take over a previously logged in user due to session expiration not being enforced.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
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