{"cve":"CVE-2010-2772","nvd":{"published":"2010-07-22T05:43:58.250","modified":"2026-06-16T23:21:29.277","status":"Modified","description":"Siemens Simatic WinCC and PCS 7 SCADA system uses a hard-coded password, which allows local users to access a back-end database and gain privileges, as demonstrated in the wild in July 2010 by the Stuxnet worm, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2568.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-798"],"references":["http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-12-205-01","http://infoworld.com/d/security-central/new-weaponized-virus-targets-industrial-secrets-725","http://infoworld.com/d/security-central/siemens-warns-users-dont-change-passwords-after-worm-attack-915?sourcefssr","http://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/07/experts-warn-of-new-windows-shortcut-flaw/","http://secunia.com/advisories/40682"],"products":["siemens:simatic_pcs_7","siemens:simatic_wincc"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:56:26.512081652+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2010-2772","score":0.0055,"percentile":0.46053,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}