CVE-2016-9159 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2016-9159

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-300 CPU family...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

SIMATIC S7-300 CPU family, SIMATIC S7-300 CPU family (incl. related ET200 CPUs and SIPLUS variants), SIMATIC S7-400 PN/DP V6 and below CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants), SIMATIC S7-400 PN/DP V7 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants), SIMATIC S7-400 V6 and earlier CPU family, SIMATIC S7-400 V7 CPU family, SIMATIC S7-410 V8 CPU family, SIMATIC S7-410 V8 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants)
Vulnerable Versions:
All versions

Timeline

Official Publish: December 17th, 2016
Last Modified: June 2nd, 2026
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)