CVE-2010-2772
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2010-07-22
- WeaknessCWE-798
Am I affected?
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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.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2010-07-2205:43CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
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- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2010-2772?format=csv
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Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | = 6.0 | no fix published | NVD |
| 6.1 | = 6.1 | no fix published | NVD |
| 7.0 | = 7.0 | no fix published | NVD |
| 7.1 | = 7.1 | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.2 | = 6.2 | no fix published | NVD |
| 7.0 | = 7.0 | no fix published | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Vendor advisories
Siemens WinCC Insecure SQL Server Authentication
Siemens SIMATIC WinCC: <V7.0_SP2_Update_1_V_7.0.2.1 · Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7: <V7.1_SP2
Fix
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-12-205-01 · 2 productsSiemens has addressed this vulnerability in SIMATIC WinCC V7.0 SP2 Update 1 (V 7.0.2.1) and newer. The latest software update, V7.0 SP3 Update 2, is provided at the Siemens product update page.e Siemens recommends that SIMATIC PCS 7 users should apply this update. The updated version removes the de…
Advisories and patches
- www.sea.siemens.comVendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.17.8read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.06.9read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-798read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score0.5 %2026-10-22
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2010-07-22
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-16
- NVD status
- Modified
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