CVE-2017-14023

MEDIUM
4.9
CVSS Score
Published: November 6, 2017 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:05 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorSIMATIC PCS 7SIMATIC WinCC

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Severity
MEDIUM4.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

An Improper Input Validation issue was discovered in Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.1 prior to V8.1 SP1 with WinCC V7.3 Upd 13, and V8.2 all versions. The improper input validation vulnerability has been identified, which may allow an authenticated remote attacker who is a member of the administrators group to crash services by sending specially crafted messages to the DCOM interface.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101680
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039729
x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-306-01

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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