CVE-2016-0861 describes a critical vulnerability affecting General Electric (GE) Industrial Solutions UPS SNMP/Web Adapter devices running firmware versions prior to 4.8. This flaw allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the device through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and requires only low privileges, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB (EDB-39408), though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ge:ups_snmp_web_adapter_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.