The vulnerability of the automated system for managing technological processes of SIMATIC WinCC OA allows a malicious individual to bypass the file system without going through the authentication procedures as a regular user.

The vulnerability of the SIMATIC WinCC OA software is related to errors that occur when processing specially crafted TCP packets. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious individual to cause a failure in the monitoring service of SIMATIC WinCC OA without going through the authentication...