{"id":"CVE-2016-9159","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-9159","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:45:54.455Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2016-12-17T03:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:55:37.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"productcert@siemens.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["siemens/simatic s7-300 cpu firmware","siemens/simatic s7-400 cpu firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.01538,"percentile":0.74748,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.54%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94820","source":"productcert@siemens.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037434","source":"productcert@siemens.com"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-731239.pdf","source":"productcert@siemens.com"},{"url":"https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-348-05","source":"productcert@siemens.com"},{"url":"https://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-731239.pdf","source":"productcert@siemens.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94820","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037434","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-731239.pdf","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-348-05","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-731239.pdf","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9159","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}