CVE-2016-8567

critical

Published 2017-02-13 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

7.5

VIR risk

9.8

Description

An issue was discovered in Siemens SICAM PAS before 8.00. A factory account with hard-coded passwords is present in the SICAM PAS installations. Attackers might gain privileged access to the database over Port 2638/TCP.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
siemens	sicam_pas\/pqs	`{"endExcluding":"8.00"}`	`8.00`

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94549
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-336-01
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94549
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-336-01

CWEs

CWE-798

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