PT-2016-7674 · Microsoft+1 · Activex+2

Mingzheng Li · Published 2016-12-17 · Updated 2017-07-27 · CVE-2016-9160

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SIEMENS SIMATIC WinCC versions prior to 7.2 SIEMENS SIMATIC PCS 7 versions prior to 8.0 SP1

Description A remote attacker could crash an ActiveX component or leak parts of the application memory if a user is tricked into clicking on a malicious link under certain conditions.

Recommendations For SIEMENS SIMATIC WinCC versions prior to 7.2, update to version 7.2 or later. For SIEMENS SIMATIC PCS 7 versions prior to 8.0 SP1, update to version 8.0 SP1 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-111

CWE-254

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-9160

Affected Products

Activex

Simatic Pcs 7

Simatic Wincc

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9160 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9160 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037435 · Note
• https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-348-04 · Note
• http://siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-693129.pdf · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94825 · Note