Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 Improper Privilege Management (CVE-2016-2846)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 500238

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU devices before 4.0 allow remote attackers to bypass a user program block protection mechanism via unspecified vectors.

This plugin only works with Tenable.ot. Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information.

Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 500238

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/7/2022

Updated: 11/15/2023

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2846

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_s7_cpu_1200_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2846

CWE: 254

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