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CVE-2012-3015

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
• 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: none known
• Published: 2012-07-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Siemens SIMATIC STEP7 before 5.5 SP1, as used in SIMATIC PCS7 7.1 SP3 and earlier and other products, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in a STEP7 project folder.

Affected products

• Siemens Simatic Pcs7: through 7.1
• Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal): through 5.5

References

• http://www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-110665.pdf
• http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-205-02.pdf
• http://www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-110665.pdf
• http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-205-02.pdf

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