CVE-2016-9159 describes a vulnerability in multiple Siemens SIMATIC S7-300 and S7-400 CPU families, allowing an attacker to obtain credentials. If protection level 2 is configured, an attacker with network access to port 102/tcp or via Profibus can extract sensitive information. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) has a high confidentiality impact with high attack complexity, but no integrity or availability impact. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_s7-300_cpu_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_s7-400_cpu_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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