CVE-2016-8354
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2017-02-13
- WeaknessCWE-94
Am I affected?
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Description
An issue was discovered in Schneider Electric Unity PRO prior to V11.1. Unity projects can be compiled as x86 instructions and loaded onto the PLC Simulator delivered with Unity PRO. These x86 instructions are subsequently executed directly by the simulator. A specially crafted patched Unity project file can make the simulator execute malicious code by redirecting the control flow of these instructions.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2017-02-1321:59CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2016-8354?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2016-8354?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11.0 | ≤ 11.0 | 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 Unity PRO Control Flow Management Vulnerability
Schneider Electric Unity PRO: <V11.1
Fix
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-16-306-03 · 1 productThis vulnerability is made possible when no application program has been loaded in the simulator or when the application program loaded in the simulator is not password protected.
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-16-306-03 · 1 productSchneider Electric recommends the following mitigation practices: Upgrade to Unity PRO Version 11.1. By default, it is not possible to launch this version of the simulator without any Unity PRO application associated. Exercise caution in selecting which project files are executed by the simulator. …
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-16-306-03 · 1 productFor more information on this vulnerability and more detailed mitigation instructions, please see Schneider Electric security notification SEVD-2016-288-01 at the following location: (http://www.schneider-electric.com/ww/en/download/document/SEVD-2016-288-01)
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.07read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.05.1read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-94read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.1 %2026-10-22
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2017-02-13
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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