CVE-2016-2278

HIGH

Schneider Electric Struxureware Building Operations Automation Server < 1.7 - Authenticated OS Command Execution

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-2278. PoCs published by Karn Ganeshen.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This writeup details multiple vulnerabilities in Schneider Electric's Automation Server, including weak credential management, OS command injection (CVE-2016-2278), and privilege escalation to root via sudo. The command injection allows bypassing the restricted shell (msh) by appending commands with '|'.

Description

Schneider Electric Struxureware Building Operations Automation Server AS 1.7 and earlier and AS-P 1.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary OS commands by defeating an msh (aka Minimal Shell) protection mechanism.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Karn Ganeshen · textremotehardware
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39522

This writeup details multiple vulnerabilities in Schneider Electric's Automation Server, including weak credential management, OS command injection (CVE-2016-2278), and privilege escalation to root via sudo. The command injection allows bypassing the restricted shell (msh) by appending commands with '|'.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Rce | Lpe | Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Schneider Electric Automation Server Series (AS, AS-P), v1.7 and prior
Auth required
Prerequisites: SSH access with default admin/admin credentials
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource x_refsource_misc
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-061-01
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39522/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.2
EPSS 0.1343
EPSS Percentile 95.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-284
Status published
Products (2)
schneider-electric/struxureware_building_operations_automation_server_as-p_firmware 1.7
schneider-electric/struxureware_building_operations_automation_server_as_firmware < 1.7
Published Mar 02, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026