CVE-2010-2772

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-07-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-798

Description

Siemens Simatic WinCC and PCS 7 SCADA system uses a hard-coded password, which allows local users to access a back-end database and gain privileges, as demonstrated in the wild in July 2010 by the Stuxnet worm, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2568.

Affected products

Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7: 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, 7.0-sp1, 7.1, 7.1-sp1
Siemens Simatic Wincc: 6.2, 7.0

References

http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-12-205-01
http://infoworld.com/d/security-central/new-weaponized-virus-targets-industrial-secrets-725
http://infoworld.com/d/security-central/siemens-warns-users-dont-change-passwords-after-worm-attack-915?sourcefssr
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/07/experts-warn-of-new-windows-shortcut-flaw/
http://secunia.com/advisories/40682
http://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/llisapi.dll?func=cslib.csinfo&lang=en&objid=43876783&caller=viewhttp://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/llisapi.dll?func=cslib.csinfo&lang=en&objid=43876783&c
http://www.automation.siemens.com/forum/guests/PostShow.aspx?PostID=16127&16127&Language=en&PageIndex=1
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001987.html
http://www.sea.siemens.com/us/News/Industrial/Pages/WinCC_Update.aspx
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41753
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1893
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1712134&postcount=22

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