CVE-2016-5744 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Siemens SIMATIC WinCC 7.0 through SP3 and 7.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary WinCC station files via crafted packets.

Published: 2016-07-22

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_wincc:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_wincc:7.0:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_wincc:7.0:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_wincc:7.0:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_wincc:7.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-6679	Siemens SIMATIC WinCC 7.0 through SP3 and 7.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary WinCC station files via crafted packets.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0079.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92116
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036441
http://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-378531.pdf
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-208-01

History

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Subscriptions

Siemens Simatic Wincc

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-07-22T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:07:59.970Z

Reserved: 2016-06-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5744

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-07-22T15:59:01.397

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-5744

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-200

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