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CVE-2013-0679

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-03-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the web server in Siemens WinCC before 7.2, as used in SIMATIC PCS7 before 8.0 SP1 and other products, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via vectors involving a query for a pathname.

Affected products

• Siemens Simatic Pcs7: through 8.0; 7.1-sp3
• Siemens SIMATIC WinCC: through 7.1; 5.0, 5.0-sp1, 6.0, 6.0-sp2, 6.0-sp3, 6.0-sp4 (+4)

References

• http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/pdf/ICSA-13-079-02.pdf
• http://www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-714398.pdf
• http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/pdf/ICSA-13-079-02.pdf
• http://www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-714398.pdf

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