CVE-2017-9938
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.029 · 87 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability was discovered in Siemens SIMATIC Logon (All versions before V1.6) that could allow specially crafted packets sent to the SIMATIC Logon Remote Access service on port 16389/tcp to cause a Denial-of-Service condition. The service restarts automatically.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- FixedSIMATIC Logoncisa_csaf_ot
For a more specific list of affected products and more detailed mitigation instructions, please see Siemens Security Advisory SSA-804859 at the following location:
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
weaknesses
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affected products (4)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- ICSA-17-192-01Siemens SIMATIC Logon2017-07-11icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
ATTENTION: Remotely exploitable/low skill level to exploit.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (8)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99539cnnvd
- https://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-804859.pdfcnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99539enisa_euvd
- https://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-804859.pdfenisa_euvd
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-34enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99539Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
- https://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-804859.pdfVendor Advisorynvd
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-34nvd
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