CVE-2015-1594 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability affecting several Siemens SIMATIC and SIMOTION products, including ProSave, CFC, STEP 7, Scout, and STARTER. This flaw allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by tricking the vulnerable software into executing a malicious application file. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires medium attack complexity and local access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:starter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_prosave:13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simotion_scout:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_cfc:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_cfc:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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