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CVE-2016-8561 (GCVE-0-2016-8561)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-11-18 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:27
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Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC CP 1543-1 (All versions < V2.0.28), SIPLUS NET CP 1543-1 (All versions < V2.0.28). Users with elevated privileges to TIA-Portal and project data on the engineering station could possibly get privileged access on affected devices.
Severity
6.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-11-18 00:00
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