CVE•Published 2017-03-07•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-9724Ibm · Qradar_security_information_and_event_manager
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.1
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
IBM QRadar 7.2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume all available memory resources. IBM Reference #: 1999537.
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-2016-9724Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Ibm Qradar Security Information And Event Manager" version:"7.2.0"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Qradar Security Information And Event Manager"HTTP body or banner mentions "Qradar Security Information And Event Manager" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-9724Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-9724Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-9724Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-9724GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-9724" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.