THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-5645
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-5645

1766 L32awa vulnerability

CVSS
7.3
EPSS
29.4%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Rockwell Automation MicroLogix 1400 PLC 1766-L32BWA, 1766-L32AWA, 1766-L32BXB, 1766-L32BWAA, 1766-L32AWAA, and 1766-L32BXBA devices have a hardcoded SNMP community, which makes it easier for remote attackers to load arbitrary firmware updates by leveraging knowledge of this community.
Affected vendor
Rockwellautomation
Affected product
1766 L32awa
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-284 — Improper Access Control
  • CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Published
2016-08-24

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity, low impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 29.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-5645

  • Confirm whether Rockwellautomation 1766 L32awa is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-5645.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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