THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-8377
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-8377

Plc Winproladder Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
8.0
EPSS
8.9%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
An issue was discovered in Fatek Automation PLC WinProladder Version 3.11 Build 14701. A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists when the software application connects to a malicious server, resulting in a stack buffer overflow. This causes an exploitable Structured Exception Handler (SEH) overwrite condition that may allow remote code execution.
Affected vendor
Fatek
Affected product
Plc Winproladder Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2017-02-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-8377

  • Confirm whether Fatek Plc Winproladder Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-8377.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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