CVE-2014-4685

mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.004 · 30 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.36% (30th) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

Is it mine?

14 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisa_csaf_ot

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

Siemens SIMATIC WinCC before 7.3, as used in PCS7 and other products, allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging weak system-object access control.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

No vendor fix yet; a mitigation is available.

MitigationSIMATIC PCS7 (as WinCC is incorporated)cisa_csaf_ot
Additional information about SIMATIC WinCC V7.3 is available at the following location (http://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/view/en/97493192)
http://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/view/en/97493192
MitigationSIMATIC WinCCcisa_csaf_ot
Additional information about SIMATIC WinCC V7.3 is available at the following location (http://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/view/en/97493192)
http://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/view/en/97493192

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.9–4.6

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Psecondary · CISA US

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Psecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v2.03.9lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimaryCWE-264USCWE-284US

affected products (14)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Siemens SIMATIC PCS7 (as WinCC is incorporated): <8.1all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Siemens SIMATIC WinCC: <7.3all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Siemens SIMATIC PCS7 (as WinCC is incorporated)< 8.1cisa_csaf_otUS
Siemens SIMATIC WinCC< 7.3cisa_csaf_otUS
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Siemens AG SIMATIC WinCC5.0 → 7.2fstec_bduRU
siemens simatic pcs7≤ 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_pcs7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens simatic pcs7= 7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_pcs7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens simatic pcs7= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_pcs7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens wincc≤ 7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens wincc= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens wincc= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens wincc= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens wincc= 7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

ICSA-14-205-02ASiemens SIMATIC WinCC Vulnerabilities (Update A)2014-04-26icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
This CSAF advisory was extracted from unstructured data and may contain inaccuracies. If you notice any errors, please reach out to the designated contact at CISA CSAF: central@cisa.dhs.gov

also known as (10)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cisa_csaf_ot nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2014-07-24modified 2026-06-17

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references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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