CVE-2012-3015

medium
Published 2012-07-26 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.9
VIR risk
6.9

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov — http://www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-110665.pdf

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
siemenssimatic_pcs7{"endIncluding":"7.1"}
siemenssimatic_step_7{"endIncluding":"5.5"}

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.