CVE-2016-6486

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.005 · 41 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.47% (41st) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

4 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cisa_csaf_ot · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Siemens SINEMA Server uses weak permissions for the application folder, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

No vendor fix yet; a mitigation is available.

MitigationSINEMA Servercisa_csaf_ot
As a general security measure, Siemens strongly recommends protecting network access to SINEMA Server systems with appropriate mechanisms. It is advised to configure the environment according to Siemens operational guidelines in order to run the devices in a protected IT environment. For more information on this vulnerability, please see Siemens Security Advisory SSA-321174 at the following location: (http://www.siemens.com/cert/advisories)
http://www.siemens.com/cert/advisories

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.07.3highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · CISA US

v3.07.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimaryCWE-284US

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Siemens SINEMA Server: <V13_SP2all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Siemens SINEMA Server< V13_SP2cisa_csaf_otUS
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
siemens sinema serverall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinema_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

ICSA-16-215-02ASiemens SINEMA Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (Update A)2016-05-06icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
This CSAF advisory was extracted from unstructured data and may contain inaccuracies. If you notice any errors, please reach out to the designated contact at CISA CSAF: central@cisa.dhs.gov

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cisa_csaf_ot nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-08-08modified 2026-06-17

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references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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