CVE-2016-8565 is a critical vulnerability affecting Siemens Automation License Manager (ALM) versions prior to 5.3 SP3, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to perform arbitrary file and directory operations. With a CVSS score of 9.1, this flaw presents a high impact on integrity and availability due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, the vulnerability has garnered some community and media attention, as evidenced by a SecurityWeek article.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:automation_license_manager:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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.