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CVE-2016-2509

The password-sync feature on Belden Hirschmann Classic Platform switches L2B before 05.3.07 and...

5.3 Medium

CVE-2016-2509 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Belden Hirschmann Firmware, published February 18, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.80%, the 57th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
5.3 MediumCVSS 3.0, NVD
Exploit chance
0.80%EPSS, 57th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.80%Down 0.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used5.3

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.

Record
CVE-2016-2509
CVSS 3.0
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
2.9 LowAV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

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.

Record
CVE-2016-2509
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-3591No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2016-3591
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jpq4-xmm5-hx765.3

The password-sync feature on Belden Hirschmann Classic Platform switches L2B before 05.3.07 and...

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.

Record
GHSA-jpq4-xmm5-hx76
CVSS 3.0
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

References

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