CVE-2016-2310 describes a critical vulnerability in various General Electric (GE) Multilink industrial switches (ML800, ML1200, ML1600, ML2400, ML810, ML3000, ML3100) running firmware versions prior to 5.5.0 or 5.5.0k. This flaw stems from hardcoded credentials, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to modify device configurations through the web interface. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, posing a significant risk of complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability). While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ge:multilink_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 5.5.0kCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ge:multilink_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/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.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.