CVE-2016-2988

mediumpriority · track · 34EPSS 0.010 · 62 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.98% (62nd) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

Is it mine?

3 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

IBM Tivoli Storage Manger for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware (aka Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments) 6.4.x before 6.4.3.4 and 7.1.x before 7.1.6 allows remote authenticated users to bypass a TSM credential requirement and obtain administrative access by leveraging multiple simultaneous logins.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.6–8.5

v2.04.6mediumAV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4

v3.08.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 6

v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimary

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
ibm tivoli storage manager for virtual environments= 6.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_for_virtual_environments:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm tivoli storage manager for virtual environments= 7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_for_virtual_environments:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-11-25modified 2026-06-17

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references (4)

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