{"id":"CVE-2016-9160","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-9160","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:51:47.462Z","title":"A vulnerability in SIEMENS SIMATIC WinCC (All versions < SIMATIC WinCC V7.2) and SIEMENS SIMATIC PCS 7 (All versions < SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.0 SP1) could allow a remote attacker to crash an ActiveX component or leak parts of the application memory if a user…","description":"A vulnerability in SIEMENS SIMATIC WinCC (All versions < SIMATIC WinCC V7.2) and SIEMENS SIMATIC PCS 7 (All versions < SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.0 SP1) could allow a remote attacker to crash an ActiveX component or leak parts of the application memory if a user is tricked into clicking on a malicious link under certain conditions.","published":"2016-12-17T03:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:55:37.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"productcert@siemens.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-111","CWE-254"],"affected":["siemens/simatic pcs 7","siemens/simatic wincc"],"epss":{"score":0.0142,"percentile":0.72681,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94825","source":"productcert@siemens.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037435","source":"productcert@siemens.com"},{"url":"http://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-693129.pdf","source":"productcert@siemens.com"},{"url":"https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-348-04","source":"productcert@siemens.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94825","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037435","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-693129.pdf","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-348-04","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9160","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}