CVE-2016-8561 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Siemens SIMATIC CP 1543-1 and SIPLUS NET CP 1543-1 devices running firmware versions prior to V2.0.28. An attacker with elevated privileges to TIA-Portal and access to project data on an engineering station could gain privileged access to the affected devices. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 6.6 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requiring high privileges and high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_cp_1543-1_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.