CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Remediation Deadline: Mar 24, 2022

CVE-2016-8562

High

EPSS 14.6%CISA KEV

Siemens/SIMATIC CP

Description

An improper privilege management vulnerability exists within the Siemens SIMATIC Communication Processor (CP) that allows a privileged attacker to remotely cause a denial of service.

EPSS — Exploit Probability

14.6%

Higher than 94.3% of all CVEs

Required Action

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8562

Risk Assessment

ELEVATED

In CISA KEV

Details

Severity: High
EPSS: 14.6%
CISA KEV: Yes
Ransomware: Unknown
Articles: 0

Timeline

Published

Mar 3, 2022

Added to KEV

Mar 3, 2022

Remediation Due

Mar 24, 2022

Affected Product

Siemens

SIMATIC CP

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External Links

NVD (NIST)CVE Details MITRE CVE