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CVE-2016-4524

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4524 describes a vulnerability in ABB PCM600 versions prior to 2.7, where the software improperly stores OPC Server IEC61850 passwords in temporary circumstances, allowing local users to access sensitive information. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) has a low attack complexity and requires local access, with a high impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available, though it has received some community and media attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:abb:pcm600:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.0
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
20.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0029 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov / advisories/ICSA-16-152-02
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource