CVE-2014-4685

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.

Published: 2014-07-24 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-4685 is rated Low Risk (28.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.36%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-4685

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.14% 0.36% +0.23%
2 2025-03-19 0.16% 0.14% -0.02%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.16% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-4685

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-4685

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-4685

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
siemens simatic_pcs7 <= 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_pcs7:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens simatic_pcs7 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_pcs7:7.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens simatic_pcs7 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_pcs7:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens wincc <= 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens wincc 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens wincc 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:5.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens wincc 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens wincc 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens wincc 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:6.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens wincc 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:6.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens wincc 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens wincc 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:7.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens wincc 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:7.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens wincc 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:7.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens wincc 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens wincc 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:7.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-4685

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