CVE-2016-7960 describes a vulnerability in Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) versions prior to 14, where improper handling of project files during version updates allows local attackers to access sensitive configuration data. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.5, indicating a low severity with local access and high attack complexity required for a limited impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, with only one article from SecurityWeek covering the patch release.
| 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:L/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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.