{"id":"CVE-2016-9338","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-9338","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:45:59.072Z","title":"Exploitation of this vulnerability will still allow the affected device to function in its capacity as a controller.","description":"An issue was discovered in Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1100 controller 1763-L16AWA, Series A and B, Version 14.000 and prior versions; 1763-L16BBB, Series A and B, Version 14.000 and prior versions; 1763-L16BWA, Series A and B, Version 14.000 and prior versions; and 1763-L16DWD, Series A and B, Version 14.000 and prior versions. Because of an Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource, users with administrator privileges may be able to remove all administrative users requiring a factory reset to restore ancillary web server function. Exploitation of this vulnerability will still allow the affected device to function in its capacity as a controller.","published":"2017-02-13T21:59:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:55:51.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":2.7,"severity":"LOW","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"},"cwe":[],"affected":["rockwellautomation/1763-l16awa series a","rockwellautomation/1763-l16awa series b","rockwellautomation/1763-l16bbb series a","rockwellautomation/1763-l16bbb series b","rockwellautomation/1763-l16bwa series a","rockwellautomation/1763-l16bwa series b","rockwellautomation/1763-l16dwd series a","rockwellautomation/1763-l16dwd series b","rockwellautomation/1766-l32awa series a","rockwellautomation/1766-l32awa series b","rockwellautomation/1766-l32awaa series a","rockwellautomation/1766-l32awaa series b","rockwellautomation/1766-l32bwa series a","rockwellautomation/1766-l32bwa series b","rockwellautomation/1766-l32bwaa series a","rockwellautomation/1766-l32bwaa series b","rockwellautomation/1766-l32bxb series a","rockwellautomation/1766-l32bxb series b","rockwellautomation/1766-l32bxba series a","rockwellautomation/1766-l32bxba series b"],"epss":{"score":0.02446,"percentile":0.84261,"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 (2.45%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95302","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"},{"url":"https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-336-06","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95302","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-336-06","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9338","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."}