CVE-2014-8551 is a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting Siemens SIMATIC WinCC, PCS 7, and TIA Portal products. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted packets to the WinCC server. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it represents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_pcs_7:7.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_pcs7:7.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_pcs7:7.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_pcs7:8.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_pcs7:8.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.