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CVE-2012-3015

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Siemens SIMATIC STEP7 before 5.5 SP1, as used in SIMATIC PCS7 7.1 SP3 and earlier and other products, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in a STEP7 project folder.

Published

2012-07-26T10:41:47.980

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	siemens	simatic_pcs7	≤ 7.1	Yes
Application	siemens	simatic_step_7	≤ 5.5	Yes

References

http://www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-110665.pdf Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-205-02.pdf US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-110665.pdf Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-205-02.pdf US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)