CVE-2010-2772

high

Published 2010-07-22 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

7.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.8

Description

Siemens Simatic WinCC and PCS 7 SCADA system uses a hard-coded password, which allows local users to access a back-end database and gain privileges, as demonstrated in the wild in July 2010 by the Stuxnet worm, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2568.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
siemens	simatic_wincc	`6.2`
siemens	simatic_wincc	`7.0`
siemens	simatic_pcs_7	`6.0`
siemens	simatic_pcs_7	`6.1`
siemens	simatic_pcs_7	`7.0`
siemens	simatic_pcs_7	`7.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-798

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.