CVE-2016-9338

LOW

Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley MicroLogix - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1100 controller 1763-L16AWA, Series A and B, Version 14.000 and prior versions; 1763-L16BBB, Series A and B, Version 14.000 and prior versions; 1763-L16BWA, Series A and B, Version 14.000 and prior versions; and 1763-L16DWD, Series A and B, Version 14.000 and prior versions. Because of an Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource, users with administrator privileges may be able to remove all administrative users requiring a factory reset to restore ancillary web server function. Exploitation of this vulnerability will still allow the affected device to function in its capacity as a controller.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource x_refsource_misc
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-336-06
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95302

Scores

CVSS v3 2.7
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 11.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Details

Status published
Products (21)
n/a/Rockwell Automation MicroLogix 1100 and 1400 Rockwell Automation MicroLogix 1100 and 1400
rockwellautomation/1763-l16awa_series_a < 14.000
rockwellautomation/1763-l16awa_series_b < 14.000
rockwellautomation/1763-l16bbb_series_a < 14.000
rockwellautomation/1763-l16bbb_series_b < 14.000
rockwellautomation/1763-l16bwa_series_a < 14.000
rockwellautomation/1763-l16bwa_series_b < 14.000
rockwellautomation/1763-l16dwd_series_a < 14.000
rockwellautomation/1763-l16dwd_series_b < 14.000
rockwellautomation/1766-l32awa_series_a < 15.004
... and 11 more
Published Feb 13, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026