CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
96.6%
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 Code Execution
Access Vector: Remote
CVSS v2:
Base Score: 6.8
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
CVE: CVE-2013-0674
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 βBuffer Overflowβ vulnerability in Siemens Simatic WinCC and PCS 7.
An ActiveX control βRegReaderβ, which is installed in the userβs web browser, is susceptible to a buffer overflow. An attacker might trick a victim into visiting a malicious web site, which calls this ActiveX control, triggers the overflow, and take over the victimβs PC.
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02.08.2012 - Vendor gets vulnerability details
15.03.2013 - Vendor releases fixed version and details
29.03.2013 - Public disclosure
The vulnerability was discovered by Gleb Gritsai, Dmitry Nagibin,Positive Research Center (Positive Technologies Company)
<http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2013-28>
<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-2013-28
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