CVE-2016-9160

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-12-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-111

Description

A vulnerability in SIEMENS SIMATIC WinCC (All versions < SIMATIC WinCC V7.2) and SIEMENS SIMATIC PCS 7 (All versions < SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.0 SP1) could allow a remote attacker to crash an ActiveX component or leak parts of the application memory if a user is tricked into clicking on a malicious link under certain conditions.

Affected products

Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7: through 8.0
Siemens Simatic Wincc: through 7.1

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94825
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037435
http://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-693129.pdf
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-348-04
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94825
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037435
http://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-693129.pdf
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-348-04

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