CVE-2016-2509 Information

Description

The password-sync feature on Belden Hirschmann Classic Platform switches L2B before 05.3.07 and L2E L2P L3E and L3P before 09.0.06 sets an SNMP community to the same string as the administrator password which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/507216 https://www.belden.com/resourcecenter/security/upload/Belden_Security_Advisory_BSECV-2016-2_1v0.pdf

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.3