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CVE-2016-2278

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2278 describes a critical vulnerability in Schneider Electric Struxureware Building Operations Automation Server AS and AS-P versions 1.7 and earlier, allowing remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary operating system commands. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.2) has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog or experiencing widespread community discussion, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, indicating a potential for targeted exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:struxureware_building_operations_automation_server_as_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:struxureware_building_operations_automation_server_as-p_firmware:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.2HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
13.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-39522 · Mar 3, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1343 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 5,531 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

download.schneider-electric.com / files
Vendor Advisory
ics-cert.us-cert.gov / advisories/ICSA-16-061-01
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
exploit-db.com / exploits/39522
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry