CVE-2021-40364

MEDIUM

SIMATIC PCS 7 & WinCC - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.2 (All versions), SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.0 (All versions < V9.0 SP3 UC04), SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.1 (All versions < V9.1 SP1), SIMATIC WinCC V15 and earlier (All versions < V15 SP1 Update 7), SIMATIC WinCC V16 (All versions < V16 Update 5), SIMATIC WinCC V17 (All versions < V17 Update 2), SIMATIC WinCC V7.4 (All versions < V7.4 SP1 Update 19), SIMATIC WinCC V7.5 (All versions < V7.5 SP2 Update 5). The affected systems store sensitive information in log files. An attacker with access to the log files could publicly expose the information or reuse it to develop further attacks on the system.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 16.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-532
Status published
Products (7)
siemens/simatic_pcs_7 9.1
siemens/simatic_pcs_7 < 8.2
siemens/simatic_wincc 7.5 (9 CPE variants)
siemens/simatic_wincc 15
siemens/simatic_wincc 16 (5 CPE variants)
siemens/simatic_wincc 17 (2 CPE variants)
siemens/simatic_wincc < 7.4
Published Nov 09, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026