CVE•Published 2017-03-07•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-8940Ibm · Tivoli_storage_manager
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Description
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect) 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, and 7.1 does not perform sufficient authority checking on SQL queries. As a result, an attacker is able to submit SQL queries that access database tables that are not intended for access or use by administrators. The access of these product specific database tables may allow access to passwords or other sensitive information for the product. IBM Reference #: 1998946.
Timeline
Published 2017-03-07
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-8940Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Ibm Tivoli Storage Manager" version:"6.1"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Tivoli Storage Manager"HTTP body or banner mentions "Tivoli Storage Manager" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-8940Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-8940Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-8940Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-8940GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-8940" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2016-8940 on GitHub.