CVE-2016-7165 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in numerous Siemens products, including various versions of SIMATIC, WinCC, and other industrial software. This flaw arises from unquoted service paths, allowing a local Microsoft Windows user to escalate privileges if the affected software is not installed in its default directory. With a CVSS score of 6.4 (Medium), the attack requires high privileges and local access, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:primary_setup_tool:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:security_configuration_tool:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_it_production_suite:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 14.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_net_pc_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_pcs_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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.