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CVE-2017-6871

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-08-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-288

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient for Android (All versions before V1.0.2.2) and SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient for Android Lite (All versions before V1.0.2.2). An attacker with physical access to an unlocked mobile device, that has the affected app running, could bypass the app's authentication mechanism under certain conditions.

Affected products

• SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient for Android: through 1.0.2.1
• Siemens Simatic Wincc Sm@Rtclient Lite: through 1.0.2.1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99582
• https://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-589378.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99582
• https://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-589378.pdf

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