CVE-2016-7112 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting various firmware variants of the Siemens EN100 Ethernet module, including those used in SIPROTEC Merging Units. An unauthenticated attacker with network access to the device's web interface (port 80/tcp) could perform administrative operations. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability poses a high risk, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and lacking public exploit code, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.28CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:en100_ethernet_module_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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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.