APP: Siemens Simatic WinCC miniweb.exe Denial of Service

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in the Siemens Simatic WinCC. A successful attack can result in a denial-of-service condition.

Extended Description

Siemens SIMATIC WinCC is prone to an HTTP-header-injection issue, a directory-traversal issue, and an arbitrary memory-read access issue because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. A remote attacker can exploit these issues to gain elevated privileges, obtain sensitive information, or cause denial-of-service conditions.

Affected Products

Siemens simatic_hmi_panels

References

BugTraq: 50828 51836

CVE: CVE-2011-4879

Short Name
SCADA:SIEMENS-SIMATIC-MINIWEB
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
SCADA
Keywords
CVE-2011-4879 Denial Service Siemens Simatic WinCC bid:50828 bid:51836 miniweb.exe of
Release Date
11/05/2012
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3375
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Siemens

CVSS Score

8.5

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