CVE-2010-2772
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 22, 2010 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:21 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorSIMATIC PCS 7SIMATIC WinCC
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (14)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-12-205-01x_refsource_MISCPress/Media Coverage
Source: [email protected]
http://infoworld.com/d/security-central/new-weaponized-virus-targets-industrial-secrets-725x_refsource_MISCPress/Media Coverage
Source: [email protected]
http://infoworld.com/d/security-central/siemens-warns-users-dont-change-passwords-after-worm-attack-915?sourcefssrx_refsource_MISCPress/Media Coverage
Source: [email protected]
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/07/experts-warn-of-new-windows-shortcut-flaw/Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/40682x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.automation.siemens.com/forum/guests/PostShow.aspx?PostID=16127&16127&Language=en&PageIndex=1x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001987.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-798
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