CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
49.8%
Siemens Simatic WinCC
Version: 7.0 SP3 and earlier
Siemens Simatic PCS 7
Version: 8.0 and earlier
Application link:
http://www.siemens.com/
Severity level: Medium
Impact: Arbitrary Files Reading
Access Vector: Remote
CVSS v2:
Base Score: 4.0
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
CVE: CVE-2013-0679
Simatic WinCC is a part of Siemens SIMATIC HMI software that aimed to provide connection between an operator and PLCs that manage technological processes.
The specialists of the Positive Research center have detected “Directory Traversal” vulnerability in Siemens Simatic WinCC and PCS 7.
Authenticated users may manipulate the URL in the web browser to access the file system of the web server. With this vulnerability they may read all the files that are readable in the web server context.
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11.07.2012 - Vendor gets vulnerability details
15.03.2013 - Vendor releases fixed version and details
29.03.2013 - Public disclosure
The vulnerability was discovered by Sergey Bobrov, Positive Research Center (Positive Technologies Company)
<http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2013-27>
<http://www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-714398.pdf>[](<http://www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-864051.pdf>)[](<http://www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-864051.pdf>)
Reports on the vulnerabilities previously discovered by Positive Research:
<http://ptsecurity.com/research/advisory/>
<http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/>
en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2013-27
www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-714398.pdf
www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-864051.pdf
www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-864051.pdf