CVE-2016-7959 describes a vulnerability in Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) versions prior to 14, where pre-shared key data is insecurely stored within TIA project files. This flaw allows local attackers with file access to potentially extract sensitive information through brute-force attacks. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 4.7 (MEDIUM), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, but with a high impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in the KEV catalog, and it has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 13.010CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_step_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.