CVE-2016-7165

medium
Published 2016-11-15 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
6.4
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.9
VIR risk
6.4

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Primary Setup Tool (PST) (All versions < V4.2 HF1), SIMATIC IT Production Suite (All versions < V7.0 SP1 HFX 2), SIMATIC NET PC-Software (All versions < V14), SIMATIC PCS 7 V7.1 (All versions), SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.0 (All versions), SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.1 (All versions), SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.2 (All versions < V8.2 SP1), SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V13 (All versions < V13 SP2), SIMATIC STEP 7 V5.X (All versions < V5.5 SP4 HF11), SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) Basic, Comfort, Advanced (All versions < V14), SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) Professional V13 (All versions < V13 SP2), SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) Professional V14 (All versions < V14 SP1), SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V13 (All versions < V13 SP2), SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V14 (All versions < V14 SP1), SIMATIC WinCC V7.0 SP2 and earlier versions (All versions < V7.0 SP2 Upd 12), SIMATIC WinCC V7.0 SP3 (All versions < V7.0 SP3 Upd 8), SIMATIC WinCC V7.2 (All versions < V7.2 Upd 14), SIMATIC WinCC V7.3 (All versions < V7.3 Upd 11), SIMATIC WinCC V7.4 (All versions < V7.4 SP1), SIMIT V9.0 (All versions < V9.0 SP1), SINEMA Remote Connect Client (All versions < V1.0 SP3), SINEMA Server (All versions < V13 SP2), SOFTNET Security Client V5.0 (All versions), Security Configuration Tool (SCT) (All versions < V4.3 HF1), TeleControl Server Basic (All versions < V3.0 SP2), WinAC RTX 2010 SP2 (All versions), WinAC RTX F 2010 SP2 (All versions). Unquoted service paths could allow local Microsoft Windows operating system users to escalate their privileges if the affected products are not installed under their default path ("C:\Program Files\*" or the localized equivalent).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
64%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
siemens siemensprimary_setup_tool-
siemens siemenssecurity_configuration_tool-
siemens siemenssimatic_it_production_suite-
siemens siemenssimatic_net_pc_software{"endIncluding":"14.0"}
siemens siemenssimatic_pcs_7{"endIncluding":"7.1"}
siemens siemenssimatic_pcs78.0
siemens siemenssimatic_pcs78.1
siemens siemenssimatic_pcs78.2
siemens siemenssimatic_step_7{"endIncluding":"5.5"}
siemens siemenssimatic_step_7_\(tia_portal\){"endIncluding":"14.0"}
siemens siemenssimatic_winac_rtx_2010-
siemens siemenssimatic_winac_rtx_f_2010-
siemens siemenssimatic_wincc{"endIncluding":"7.0"}
siemens siemenssimatic_wincc7.0
siemens siemenssimatic_wincc7.2
siemens siemenssimatic_wincc7.3
siemens siemenssimatic_wincc7.4
siemens siemenssimatic_wincc_\(tia_portal\){"endIncluding":"14.0"}
siemens siemenssimatic_wincc_\(tia_portal\)-
siemens siemenssimatic_wincc_runtime-
siemens siemenssimit9.0
siemens siemenssinema_remote_connect-
siemens siemenssinema_server{"endIncluding":"13.0"}
siemens siemenssoftnet_security_client{"endIncluding":"5.0"}
siemens siemenstelecontrol_basic{"endIncluding":"3.0"}

References

CWEs

CWE-254 CWE-284

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