PT-2016-14: Information Disclosure in Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal)

The specialists of the Positive Research center have detected an Information Disclosure vulnerability in Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 TIA Portal. Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 TIA Portal uses an improper format for managing TIA project files during version updates, which makes it easier for local users to...

PT-2015-3311

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 TIA Portal versions prior to 14 Description The issue is related to the use of an improper format for managing TIA project files during version updates. This can allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive configuration...

PT-2015-3310

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 TIA Portal versions prior to 14 Description The issue is related to the incorrect storage of pre-shared keys in TIA project files. This could allow a local attacker to gain access to sensitive information, potentially by...

Stuxnet's First Five Victims Provided Path to Natanz

Stuxnet’s first five victims were a carefully crafted list of targets that ultimately provided the attackers with the road map they needed to get inside a uranium enrichment plant in Natanz, Iran and disrupt the country’s nuclear program. Cobbled together from clues left behind by the infamous...

USB Malware Targeting Siemens Control Software (Update C)

Overview VirusBlokAda, an antivirus vendor based in Belarus, announcedVirusBlokAda, http://www.anti-virus.by/en/tempo.shtml, website last visited July 15, 2010. the discovery of malware that uses a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Windows processing of shortcut files. The malware utilizes this...

CVE-2013-2741

importbuddy.php in the BackupBuddy plugin 1.3.4, 2.1.4, 2.2.25, 2.2.28, and 2.2.4 for WordPress does not require that authentication be enabled, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, or overwrite or delete files, via vectors involving a 1 direct request, 2 step=1 request,...

PT-2015-10: Privilege Gaining in Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal)

The specialists of the Positive Research center have detected a Privilege Gaining vulnerability in Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 TIA Portal. Vulnerability exists in TIA Portal due to improper integrity protection of project-file fields containing user’s privileges, which allows attackers to modify user...

Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 DLL Vulnerability

Overview Siemens has released a software update for a DLL hijacking vulnerability in SIMATIC STEP 7 and SIMATIC PCS 7 software. Previous versions of SIMATIC STEP 7 and PCS 7 allowed the loading of malicious DLL files into the STEP 7 project folder that can be used to attack the system on which ST...

Dillon Beresford Talked Siemens Vulnerabilities

NSS researcher Dillon Beresford continued his research into the security of SCADA and industrial control systems with a talk on vulnerabilities in Siemens Step 7 programmable logic controllers. Read more: Black Hat: Remote DOS, Backdoor, Easter Egg Among Newly Discovered Siemens Holes...