CVE-2016-5848
Siemens SICAM PAS before 8.07 does not properly restrict password data in the database, which...
Siemens SICAM PAS before 8.07 does not properly restrict password data in the database, which makes it easier for local users to calculate passwords by leveraging unspecified database privileges.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Siemens SICAM PAS before 8.07 does not properly restrict password data in the database, which makes it easier for local users to calculate passwords by leveraging unspecified database privileges.
- Record
CVE-2016-5848- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 1.7 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-255
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Siemens SICAM PAS before 8.07 does not properly restrict password data in the database, which makes it easier for local users to calculate passwords by leveraging unspecified database privileges.
- Record
CVE-2016-5848- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-6783 No score
Siemens SICAM PAS before 8.07 does not properly restrict password data in the database, which makes it easier for local users to calculate passwords by leveraging unspecified database privileges.
- Record
EUVD-2016-6783- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hrhc-vfjq-7844
Siemens SICAM PAS before 8.07 does not properly restrict password data in the database, which...
Siemens SICAM PAS before 8.07 does not properly restrict password data in the database, which makes it easier for local users to calculate passwords by leveraging unspecified database privileges.
- Record
GHSA-hrhc-vfjq-7844- CVSS 3.0
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-200
- 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-2016-5848 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) in Siemens Sicam Pas\/pqs, published July 4, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.31%, the 24th percentile. No source names a fixed version.