Cybersecurity Alerts

Siemens SIMATIC CP 1543-1 Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability

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.

Required Action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Weakness Classification

CWE-20

References

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