CVE-2015-1594

medium
Published 2015-03-07 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.9
VIR risk
6.9

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Siemens SIMATIC ProSave before 13 SP1; SIMATIC CFC before 8.0 SP4 Upd9 and 8.1 before Upd1; SIMATIC STEP 7 before 5.5 SP1 HF2, 5.5 SP2 before HF7, 5.5 SP3, and 5.5 SP4 before HF4; SIMOTION Scout before 4.4; and STARTER before 4.4 HF3 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse application file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.siemens.com/innovation/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-451236.pdf

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
siemensstarter{"endIncluding":"4.4"}
siemenssimatic_prosave13.0
siemenssimotion_scout{"endIncluding":"4.3"}
siemenssimatic_cfc{"endIncluding":"8.0"}
siemenssimatic_cfc8.1
siemenssimatic_step_7{"endIncluding":"5.5"}
siemenssimatic_step_75.5

References

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