CVE-2016-15058 PUBLISHED

Hirschmann HiLCOS Classic Platform Password Exposure via SNMP

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 03.04.2026 Published: 03.04.2026 Updated: 03.04.2026

Hirschmann HiLCOS Classic Platform switches Classic L2E, L2P, L3E, L3P versions prior to 09.0.06 and Classic L2B prior to 05.3.07 contain a credential exposure vulnerability where user passwords are synchronized with SNMPv1/v2 community strings and transmitted in plaintext when the feature is enabled. Attackers with local network access can sniff SNMP traffic or extract configuration data to recover plaintext credentials and gain unauthorized administrative access to the switches.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 8.1

Attack Vector	Adjacent Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.4

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Adjacent	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	None	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	Belden
Product	Hirschmann HiLCOS Classic Platform
Versions	Default: affected Version >= 09.0.06 is unaffected Version >= 05.3.07 is unaffected affected from 0 to 09.0.05 (incl.) affected from 0 to 05.3.06 (incl.)

References

Problem Types

CWE-257: Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format CWE