CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-15058
8.6 HIGH
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- Status
- Awaiting Analysis
- Published
- 2026-04-03
- Last modified
- 2026-07-21
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 8.6 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-257
Description
Hirschmann HiLCOS Classic Platform switches Classic L2E, L2P, L3E, L3P versions prior to 09.0.06 and Classic L2B prior to 05.3.07 contain a credential exposure vulnerability where user passwords are synchronized with SNMPv1/v2 community strings and transmitted in plaintext when the feature is enabled. Attackers with local network access can sniff SNMP traffic or extract configuration data to recover plaintext credentials and gain unauthorized administrative access to the switches.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-257 Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format weakness
References
- https://assets.belden.com/m/1d8273c6205dc400/original/Security-Bulletin-Password-Sync-SNMP-v1-v2-BSECV-2016-12.pdf assets.belden.com
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/507216 www.kb.cert.org
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hirschmann-hilcos-classic-platform-password-exposure-via-snmp www.vulncheck.com