CVE-2019-10918 is a critical vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7, WinCC, WinCC (TIA Portal), and WinCC Runtime Professional. An authenticated attacker with network access to the DCOM interface can execute arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.8 (HIGH), indicating a low attack complexity and no user interaction required for successful exploitation, leading to potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits or active exploitation were known at the time of advisory publication, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage, its high severity warrants attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_pcs_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_pcs_7:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_pcs_7:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_pcs_7:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_wincc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.