# CVE-2016-6110: Information disclosure in Tivoli Storage Manager

> A local user can obtain unencrypted login credentials for VMware vCenter from IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, leading to credential exposure.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Feb 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-87jv-77j5-g3gv

## What is CVE-2016-6110?

CVE-2016-6110 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Corporation Tivoli Storage Manager, published on 1 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

Weakness: CWE-255

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6110?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Ibm Tivoli Storage Manager, Ibm Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments Data Protection for Vmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-6110?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6110 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-6110 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6110 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Corporation Tivoli Storage Manager

- [CVE-2009-3854](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3854/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-1178](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1178/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-4563](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4563/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-5855](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5855/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2016-8937](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8937/): Information disclosure in Spectrum Protect (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-6110 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-6110 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Corporation Tivoli Storage Manager, published on 1 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6110 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Corporation Tivoli Storage Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6110/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6110/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6110
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6110
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6110

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