CVE-2016-1473 describes a critical vulnerability in Cisco Small Business 220 series switches running firmware prior to version 1.0.1.1, stemming from a hardcoded SNMP community string. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read or modify SNMP objects, potentially leading to full compromise of the affected device. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, resulting in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.0.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:small_business_220_series_smart_plus_switches:1.0.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.0.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:small_business_220_series_smart_plus_switches:1.0.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.0.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:small_business_220_series_smart_plus_switches:1.0.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.