CVE-2016-2846

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Published 2016-03-16 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2
6.4
VIR risk
6.5

Description

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU devices before 4.0 allow remote attackers to bypass a "user program block" protection mechanism via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-833048.pdf

References

CWEs

CWE-254

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.