CVE-2016-9159 Information disclosure in SIMATIC S7-300 CPU family
An attacker with network access can obtain credentials from Siemens SIMATIC PLCs if protection-level 2 is configured.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-9159?
CVE-2016-9159 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens AG SIMATIC S7-300 CPU family, published on 17 Dec 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-300 CPU family (All versions), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU family (incl. related ET200 CPUs and SIPLUS variants) (All versions), SIMATIC S7-400 PN/DP V6 and below CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions), SIMATIC S7-400 PN/DP V7 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions), SIMATIC S7-400 V6 and earlier CPU family (All versions), SIMATIC S7-400 V7 CPU family (All versions), SIMATIC S7-410 V8 CPU family (All versions), SIMATIC S7-410 V8 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions). An attacker with network access to port 102/tcp (ISO-TSAP) or via Profibus could obtain credentials from the PLC if protection-level 2 is configured on the affected devices.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9159?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Siemens Simatic S7-300 Cpu Firmware, Siemens Simatic S7-400 Cpu Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9159?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9159 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-9159 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9159 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Siemens AG SIMATIC S7-300 CPU family
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xx5q-4wf5-7xrj.