# CVE-2016-8939: Information disclosure in Spectrum Protect

> Attackers can read stored passwords from the Windows Registry, compromising credentials for IBM Spectrum Protect clients.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/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:** 7 Jun 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h7j3-gwg9-m4f5

## What is CVE-2016-8939?

CVE-2016-8939 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect, published on 7 Jun 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 (IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1) clients/agents store password information in the Windows Registry in a manner which can be compromised. IBM X-Force ID: 118790.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8939?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Tivoli Storage Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-8939?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8939 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-8939 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8939 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Protect

- [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-2016-8939 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-8939 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect, published on 7 Jun 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-2016-8939 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Spectrum Protect. 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-2016-8939/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8939/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8939
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8939
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8939

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