CVE-2016-7165: Siemens Primary Setup Tool

Medium severity, CVSS 6.4. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability has been identified in Primary Setup Tool (PST) (All versions < V4.2 HF1), SIMATIC IT Production Suite (All versions < V7.0 SP1 HFX 2), SIMATIC NET PC-Software (All versions < V14), SIMATIC PCS 7 V7.1 (All versions), SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.0 (All versions), SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.1 (All versions), SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.2 (All versions < V8.2 SP1), SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V13 (All versions < V13 SP2), SIMATIC STEP 7 V5.X (All versions < V5.5 SP4 HF11), SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) Basic, Comfort, Advanced (All versions < V14), SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) Professional V13 (All versions < V13 SP2), SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) Professional V14 (All versions < V14 SP1), SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V13 (All versions < V13 SP2), SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V14 (All versions < V14 SP1), SIMATIC WinCC V7.0 SP2 and earlier versions (All versions < V7.0 SP2 Upd 12), SIMATIC WinCC V7.0 SP3 (All versions < V7.0 SP3 Upd 8), SIMATIC WinCC V7.2 (All versions < V7.2 Upd 14), SIMATIC WinCC V7.3 (All versions < V7.3 Upd 11), SIMATIC WinCC V7.4 (All versions < V7.4 SP1), SIMIT V9.0 (All versions < V9.0 SP1), SINEMA Remote Connect Client (All versions < V1.0 SP3), SINEMA Server (All versions < V13 SP2), SOFTNET Security Client V5.0 (All versions), Security Configuration Tool (SCT) (All versions < V4.3 HF1), TeleControl Server Basic (All versions < V3.0 SP2), WinAC RTX 2010 SP2 (All versions), WinAC RTX F 2010 SP2 (All versions). Unquoted service paths could allow local Microsoft Windows operating system users to escalate their privileges if the affected products are not installed under their default path ("C:\Program Files\*" or the localized equivalent).

Affected products

Siemens Primary Setup Tool: affected versions not specified
Siemens Security Configuration Tool: affected versions not specified
Siemens SIMATIC It Production Suite: affected versions not specified
Siemens SIMATIC Net Pc Software: up to and including 14.0
Siemens SIMATIC PCS7: version 8.0 only; version 8.1 only; version 8.2 only
Siemens SIMATIC Pcs 7: up to and including 7.1
Siemens SIMATIC Step 7: up to and including 5.5
Siemens SIMATIC Step 7 (tia Portal): up to and including 14.0
Siemens SIMATIC Winac Rtx 2010: affected versions not specified
Siemens SIMATIC Winac Rtx F 2010: affected versions not specified
Siemens SIMATIC Wincc: up to and including 7.0; version 7.0 only; version 7.2 only; version 7.3 only; version 7.4 only
Siemens SIMATIC Wincc (tia Portal): up to and including 14.0; affected versions not specified
Siemens SIMATIC Wincc Runtime: affected versions not specified
Siemens Simit: version 9.0 only
Siemens Sinema Remote Connect: affected versions not specified
Siemens Sinema Server: up to and including 13.0
Siemens Softnet Security Client: up to and including 5.0
Siemens Telecontrol Basic: up to and including 3.0

Published 2016-11-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.