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CVE-2017-6865

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• 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: 2017-05-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Primary Setup Tool (PST) (All versions < V4.2 HF1), SIMATIC Automation Tool (All versions < V3.0), SIMATIC NET PC-Software (All versions < V14 SP1), 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 (TIA Portal) V14 (All versions < V14 SP1), SIMATIC STEP 7 V5.X (All versions < V5.6), SIMATIC WinAC RTX 2010 SP2 (All versions), SIMATIC WinAC RTX F 2010 SP2 (All versions), SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) V13 (All versions < V13 SP2), SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) V14 (All versions < V14 SP1), SIMATIC WinCC V7.2 and prior (All versions), SIMATIC WinCC V7.3 (All versions < V7.3 Update 15), SIMATIC WinCC V7.4 (All versions < V7.4 SP1 Upd1), SIMATIC WinCC flexible 2008 (All versions < flexible 2008 SP5), SINAUT ST7CC (All versions installed in conjunction with SIMATIC WinCC < V7.3 Update 15), SINEMA Server (All versions < V14), SINUMERIK 808D Programming Tool (All versions < V4.7 SP4 HF2), SMART PC Access (All versions < V2.3), STEP 7 - Micro/WIN SMART (All versions < V2.3), Security Configuration Tool (SCT) (All versions < V5.0). Specially crafted PROFINET DCP broadcast packets sent to the affected products on a local Ethernet segment (Layer 2) could cause a Denial-of-Service condition of some services. The services require manual restart to recover.

Affected products

• Siemens Pcs 7: all versions
• Siemens Primary Setup Tool: all versions
• Siemens Security Configuration Tool: all versions
• Siemens SIMATIC Automation Tool: all versions
• Siemens AG SIMATIC NET PC-Software: all versions
• Siemens AG SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal): 5.0, 13.0, 14.0
• Siemens Simatic Step 7 Micro/Win Smart: all versions
• Siemens SIMATIC WinAC RTX 2010: all versions
• Siemens SIMATIC WinAC RTX F 2010: all versions
• Siemens Simatic Wincc: all versions
• Siemens Simatic Wincc (Tia Portal): 13.0, 14.0
• Siemens AG SIMATIC WinCC flexible 2008: all versions
• Siemens AG SINAUT ST7CC: all versions
• Siemens SINEMA Server V14: all versions
• Siemens AG SINUMERIK 808D Programming Tool: all versions
• Siemens AG SMART PC Access: 2.0

References

• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-275839.pdf
• https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98366
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-275839.pdf
• https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98366

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