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CVE-2017-6871

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6871 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient for Android and its Lite version, affecting all versions prior to V1.0.2.2. An attacker with physical access to an unlocked mobile device running the vulnerable application could bypass its authentication mechanism. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3.0 score of 5.4 (Medium), indicating that physical access is required, but it could lead to high confidentiality impact and low integrity and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_wincc_sm\@rtclient:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*
<= 1.0.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_wincc_sm\@rtclient_lite:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
0.7
Impact Score
4.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
24.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0032 is in the 31st percentile among its peer group of 170 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

siemens.com / cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-589378.pdf
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/99582
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry