CVE-2016-8565
Siemens Automation License Manager (ALM) before 5.3 SP3 allows remote attackers to write to files...
Siemens Automation License Manager (ALM) before 5.3 SP3 allows remote attackers to write to files, rename files, create directories, or delete directories via crafted packets.
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
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Siemens Automation License Manager (ALM) before 5.3 SP3 allows remote attackers to write to files, rename files, create directories, or delete directories via crafted packets.
- Record
CVE-2016-8565- CVSS 3.0
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.4 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Siemens Automation License Manager (ALM) before 5.3 SP3 allows remote attackers to write to files, rename files, create directories, or delete directories via crafted packets.
- Record
CVE-2016-8565- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-9413 No score
Siemens Automation License Manager (ALM) before 5.3 SP3 allows remote attackers to write to files, rename files, create directories, or delete directories via crafted packets.
- Record
EUVD-2016-9413- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-ggh9-7q27-c7v4
Siemens Automation License Manager (ALM) before 5.3 SP3 allows remote attackers to write to files...
Siemens Automation License Manager (ALM) before 5.3 SP3 allows remote attackers to write to files, rename files, create directories, or delete directories via crafted packets.
- Record
GHSA-ggh9-7q27-c7v4- CVSS 3.0
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- 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-2016-8565 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.1) in Siemens Automation License Manager, published October 13, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.91%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.