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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

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.00058
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Affected Products & Versions

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siemens simatic pcs7<= 7.1
siemens simatic step 7<= 5.5
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Scoring & Timeline

6.9
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD26 Jul 2012 · 10:41 AM
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Vendor Advisories

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cisa-csafcisa-csaf-csaf_files-OT-white-2012-icsa-12-205-02
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-110665.pdfVendor Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-205-02.pdfUS Government Resource
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