CVE-2012-3015

EXPLOITED

Siemens SIMATIC STEP7 <5.5 SP1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2012-3015 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV).

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Siemens SIMATIC STEP7 before 5.5 SP1, as used in SIMATIC PCS7 7.1 SP3 and earlier and other products, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in a STEP7 project folder.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 18.3%

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2021-12-15
Status published
Products (2)
siemens/simatic_pcs7 < 7.1
siemens/simatic_step_7 < 5.5
Published Jul 26, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026