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CVE-2016-7165

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-11-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-254

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Primary Setup Tool (PST) (All versions < V4.2 HF1), SIMATIC IT Production Suite (All versions < V7.0 SP1 HFX 2), SIMATIC NET PC-Software (All versions < V14), SIMATIC PCS 7 V7.1 (All versions), SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.0 (All versions), SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.1 (All versions), SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.2 (All versions < V8.2 SP1), SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V13 (All versions < V13 SP2), SIMATIC STEP 7 V5.X (All versions < V5.5 SP4 HF11), SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) Basic, Comfort, Advanced (All versions < V14), SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) Professional V13 (All versions < V13 SP2), SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) Professional V14 (All versions < V14 SP1), SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V13 (All versions < V13 SP2), SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V14 (All versions < V14 SP1), SIMATIC WinCC V7.0 SP2 and earlier versions (All versions < V7.0 SP2 Upd 12), SIMATIC WinCC V7.0 SP3 (All versions < V7.0 SP3 Upd 8), SIMATIC WinCC V7.2 (All versions < V7.2 Upd 14), SIMATIC WinCC V7.3 (All versions < V7.3 Upd 11), SIMATIC WinCC V7.4 (All versions < V7.4 SP1), SIMIT V9.0 (All versions < V9.0 SP1), SINEMA Remote Connect Client (All versions < V1.0 SP3), SINEMA Server (All versions < V13 SP2), SOFTNET Security Client V5.0 (All versions), Security Configuration Tool (SCT) (All versions < V4.3 HF1), TeleControl Server Basic (All versions < V3.0 SP2), WinAC RTX 2010 SP2 (All versions), WinAC RTX F 2010 SP2 (All versions). Unquoted service paths could allow local Microsoft Windows operating system users to escalate their privileges if the affected products are not installed under their default path ("C:\Program Files\*" or the localized equivalent).

Affected products

• Siemens Primary Setup Tool: all versions
• Siemens Security Configuration Tool: all versions
• Siemens SIMATIC IT Production Suite: all versions
• Siemens Simatic Net Pc Software: through 14.0
• Siemens Simatic Pcs7: 8.0, 8.1, 8.2
• Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7: through 7.1
• Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal): through 5.5
• Siemens AG SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal): through 14.0
• Siemens SIMATIC WinAC RTX 2010: all versions
• Siemens SIMATIC WinAC RTX F 2010: all versions
• Siemens Simatic Wincc: through 7.0; 7.0-sp3, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
• Siemens Simatic Wincc (Tia Portal): through 14.0
• Siemens Simatic Wincc Runtime: all versions
• Siemens Simit: 9.0
• Siemens SINEMA Remote Connect: all versions
• Siemens SINEMA Server V14: through 13.0
• Siemens Softnet Security Client: through 5.0
• Siemens Telecontrol Basic: through 3.0

References

• http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/53266/security/cve-2016-7165-siemens.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94158
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-701708.pdf
• https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-313-02
• http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/53266/security/cve-2016-7165-siemens.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94158
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-701708.pdf
• https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-313-02

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