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CVE-2017-12069

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12069 describes an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in OPC Foundation UA .NET Sample Code and Local Discovery Server (LDS), impacting various Siemens SIMATIC products including PCS7 and WinCC. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending specially crafted packets to port 4840/tcp, leading to information disclosure (C) and denial of service (A). With a CVSS score of 8.2 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_pcs7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.01.333.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ocpfoundation:local_discovery_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2017-03-21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ocpfoundation:ua_.net:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.2HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0290 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

opcfoundation-onlineapplications.org / faq/SecurityBulletins/OPC_Foundation_Security_Bulletin_CVE-2017-12069.pdf
PatchVendor Advisory
siemens.com / cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-535640.pdf
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100559
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039510