CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2010-2772
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 46% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-798
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- siemens:simatic_pcs_7
- siemens:simatic_wincc
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