CVE-2016-8566 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Siemens SICAM PAS versions prior to 8.00, where user passwords for database access are stored in a recoverable format. An authenticated local attacker with specific privileges could reconstruct these passwords, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the CVSS score is 7.8, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting low current exploitability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 8.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sicam_pas\/pqs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.