CVE-2016-2333
SysLINK SL-1000 Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Modular Gateway devices with firmware before 01A.8 use...
SysLINK SL-1000 Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Modular Gateway devices with firmware before 01A.8 use the same hardcoded encryption key across different customers' installations, which allows attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging knowledge of this key from another installation.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
SysLINK SL-1000 Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Modular Gateway devices with firmware before 01A.8 use the same hardcoded encryption key across different customers' installations, which allows attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging knowledge of this key from another installation.
- Record
CVE-2016-2333- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-310
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
SysLINK SL-1000 Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Modular Gateway devices with firmware before 01A.8 use the same hardcoded encryption key across different customers' installations, which allows attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging knowledge of this key from another installation.
- Record
CVE-2016-2333- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-3417 No score
SysLINK SL-1000 Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Modular Gateway devices with firmware before 01A.8 use the same hardcoded encryption key across different customers' installations, which allows attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging knowledge of this key from another installation.
- Record
EUVD-2016-3417- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4433-pvqq-cpch
SysLINK SL-1000 Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Modular Gateway devices with firmware before 01A.8 use...
SysLINK SL-1000 Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Modular Gateway devices with firmware before 01A.8 use the same hardcoded encryption key across different customers' installations, which allows attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging knowledge of this key from another installation.
- Record
GHSA-4433-pvqq-cpch- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-2333 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Systech Syslink Sl-1000 Modular Gateway Firmware, published April 25, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.76%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.