Siemens SIMATIC WinCC and PCS7 CVE-2014-4686 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:68875

Info

Siemens SIMATIC WinCC and PCS7 CVE-2014-4686 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 68875
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2014-4686
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 23 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 09:08AM
Credit: Sergey Gordeychik, Alexander Tlyapov, Dmitry Nagibin, and Gleb Gritsai from Positive Technologies.
Vulnerable: Siemens SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) Runtime Advanced 0
Siemens SIMATIC WinCC 6.2
Siemens SIMATIC WinCC 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Siemens SIMATIC WinCC and PCS7 CVE-2014-4686 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Siemens SIMATIC WinCC and PCS7 are prone to a privilege-escalation vulnerability.

An attacker can leverage this issue to escalate privileges and gain administrative access on an affected device.

Exploit / POC

Siemens SIMATIC WinCC and PCS7 CVE-2014-4686 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

Siemens SIMATIC WinCC and PCS7 CVE-2014-4686 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

Siemens SIMATIC WinCC and PCS7 CVE-2014-4686 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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