CVE-2016-5744 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Siemens SIMATIC WinCC versions 7.0 through SP3 and 7.2, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files on a WinCC station through specially crafted network packets. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high impact on confidentiality due to unauthorized information disclosure, with no authentication or user interaction required for exploitation. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available and it's not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_wincc:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_wincc:7.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_wincc:7.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_wincc:7.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_wincc:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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.