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CVE-2014-4686

The Project administration application in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC before 7.3, as used in PCS7 and other products, has a hardcoded encryption key, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by extracting this key from another product installation and then employing this key during the sniffing of network traffic on TCP port 1030.

CVSS 6.8 · MediumBuzz score 16.0

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 16.0

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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
11.0
2 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
5.0
1 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
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Why it matters now

Mention timeline

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Evidence

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  • Siemens has released service packs and updates to address several vulnerabilities affecting the company’s SIMATIC STEP 7 and SIMATIC WinCC solutions. Researchers identified a total of four security holes affecting SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal), an engineering application used to configure and program SIMATIC controllers and standard PCs running WinAC RTX.

    newswww.securityweek.comFeb 17, 2015, 1:20 PM
  • Siemens has released version 7.3 of the SIMATIC WinCC supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system to address several vulnerabilities, most of which can be exploited remotely.

    newswww.securityweek.comJul 28, 2014, 12:32 PM

Exploit code

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