CVE-2014-8552

medium

Published 2014-11-26 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.0

Description

The WinCC server in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC 7.0 through SP3, 7.2 before Update 9, and 7.3 before Update 2; SIMATIC PCS 7 7.1 through SP4, 8.0 through SP2, and 8.1; and TIA Portal 13 before Update 6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via crafted packets.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
siemens	simatic_pcs_7	`7.1`
siemens	simatic_pcs7	`7.1`
siemens	simatic_pcs7	`8.0`
siemens	simatic_pcs7	`8.1`
siemens	simatic_tiaportal	`13.0`
siemens	simatic_wincc	`7.0`
siemens	simatic_wincc	`7.2`
siemens	simatic_wincc	`7.3`

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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