PT-2013-29: Information Disclosure in Siemens Simatic WinCC and PCS 7

Vulnerable software

Siemens Simatic WinCC
Version: 7.0 SP3 and earlier

Siemens Simatic PCS 7
Version: 8.0 and earlier

Application link:
http://www.siemens.com/

Severity level

Severity level: Medium
Impact: Information Disclosure, Denial of Service
Access Vector: Remote

CVSS v2:
Base Score: 5.8
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)

CVE: CVE-2013-0677

Software description

Simatic WinCC is a part of Siemens SIMATIC HMI software that aimed to provide connection between an operator and PLCs that manage technological processes.

Vulnerability description

The specialists of the Positive Research center have detected “Information Disclosure” vulnerability in Siemens Simatic WinCC and PCS 7.

By opening a manipulated project file, sensitive data can be transmitted over the network or a DoS condition can be provoked.

How to fix

Update your software up to the latest version

Advisory status

02.08.2012 - Vendor gets vulnerability details
15.03.2013 - Vendor releases fixed version and details
29.03.2013 - Public disclosure

Credits

The vulnerability was discovered by Alexey Osipov, Timur Yunusov, Positive Research Center (Positive Technologies Company)

References

<http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2013-29&gt;
<http://www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-714398.pdf&gt;[](&lt;http://www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-864051.pdf&gt;)[](&lt;http://www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-864051.pdf&gt;)

Reports on the vulnerabilities previously discovered by Positive Research:

<http://ptsecurity.com/research/advisory/&gt;
<http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/&gt;