CVE-2016-2278
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2016-03-02
- WeaknessCWE-284
Am I affected?
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Description
Schneider Electric Struxureware Building Operations Automation Server AS 1.7 and earlier and AS-P 1.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary OS commands by defeating an msh (aka Minimal Shell) protection mechanism.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2016-03-0211:59CVE publishedNVD
- 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS
Observed activity
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- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2016-2278?format=csv
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Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | ≤ 1.7 | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | = 1.7 | no fix published | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Vendor advisories
Schneider Electric Building Operation Automation Server Vulnerability
Schneider Electric Automation Server: <=V1.7.0
Fix
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-16-061-01 · 1 productSchneider Electric has released a new version of Automation Server firmware which remediates this vulnerability. The user is no longer allowed to operate the system with default credentials and the minimal “msh” shell can no longer be circumvented. Users should contact their authorized Schneider El…
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-16-061-01 · 1 productFor more information, please see Schneider Electric’s Security Notification number SEVD-2016-025-01 at the following location on their web site: (http://www.schneider-electric.com/ww/en/download/document/SEVD-2016-025-01)
Advisories and patches
- download.schneider-electric.comVendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.07.2read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.09read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-284read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score13.4 %read 2026-10-23
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2016-03-02
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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