CVE-2019-10943: A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC Drive Controller family (All versions), SIMATIC ET 200SP Open Controller CPU 1515SP PC (incl.
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 30/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.95% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 61.2% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC Drive Controller family (All versions), SIMATIC ET 200SP Open Controller CPU 1515SP PC (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions), SIMATIC ET 200SP Open Controller CPU 1515SP PC2 (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V20.8), SIMATIC ET 200SP Open Controller CPU 1515SP PC2 (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions >= V20.8), SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V4.4.0), SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions >= V4.4.0), SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU family (incl. related ET200 CPUs and SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V2.8.1), SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU family (incl. related ET200 CPUs and SIPLUS variants) (All versions >= V2.8.1), SIMATIC S7-1500 Software Controller (All versions < V20.8), SIMATIC S7-1500 Software Controller (All versions >= V20.8), SIMATIC S7-PLCSIM Advanced (All versions < V3.0), SIMATIC S7-PLCSIM Advanced (All versions >= V3.0). An attacker with network access to port 102/tcp could potentially modify the user program on the PLC in a way that the running code is different from the source code which is stored on the device. An attacker must have network access to affected devices and must be able to perform changes to the user program. The vulnerability could impact the perceived integrity of the user program stored on the CPU. An engineer that tries to obtain the code of the user program running on the device, can receive different source code that is not actually running on the device.
- Published
- Aug 13, 2019
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.9% · 61th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-353
Report tools
Action score
30
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.9%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| siemens | simatic et 200sp open controller cpu 1515sp pc firmware | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_et_200sp_open_controller_cpu_1515sp_pc_firmware |
| siemens | simatic et 200sp open controller cpu 1515sp pc | cpe:2.3:h:siemens:simatic_et_200sp_open_controller_cpu_1515sp_pc |
| siemens | simatic et 200sp open controller cpu 1515sp pc2 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_et_200sp_open_controller_cpu_1515sp_pc2_firmware |
| siemens | simatic et 200sp open controller cpu 1515sp pc2 | cpe:2.3:h:siemens:simatic_et_200sp_open_controller_cpu_1515sp_pc2 |
| siemens | simatic s7-1200 cpu 1211c firmware | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_s7-1200_cpu_1211c_firmware |
| siemens | simatic s7-1200 cpu 1211c | cpe:2.3:h:siemens:simatic_s7-1200_cpu_1211c |
| siemens | simatic s7-1200 cpu 1212c firmware | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_s7-1200_cpu_1212c_firmware |
| siemens | simatic s7-1200 cpu 1212c | cpe:2.3:h:siemens:simatic_s7-1200_cpu_1212c |
| siemens | simatic s7-1200 cpu 1214c firmware | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_s7-1200_cpu_1214c_firmware |
| siemens | simatic s7-1200 cpu 1214c | cpe:2.3:h:siemens:simatic_s7-1200_cpu_1214c |
| siemens | simatic s7-1200 cpu 1215c firmware | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_s7-1200_cpu_1215c_firmware |
| siemens | simatic s7-1200 cpu 1215c | cpe:2.3:h:siemens:simatic_s7-1200_cpu_1215c |
and 10 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- siemens simatic et 200sp open controller cpu 1515sp pc firmwareall versions
- siemens simatic et 200sp open controller cpu 1515sp pc2 firmwarebefore 20.8
- siemens simatic s7 plcsim advancedbefore 3.0
- siemens simatic s7-1200 cpu 1211c firmwarebefore 4.4
- siemens simatic s7-1200 cpu 1212c firmwarebefore 4.4
- siemens simatic s7-1200 cpu 1214c firmwarebefore 4.4
- siemens simatic s7-1200 cpu 1215c firmwarebefore 4.4
- siemens simatic s7-1200 cpu 1217c firmwarebefore 4.4
- siemens simatic s7-1500 cpu 1511c firmwarebefore 2.8.1
- siemens simatic s7-1500 cpu 1512c firmwarebefore 2.8.1
- siemens simatic s7-1500 cpu 1518 firmwarebefore 2.8.1
- siemens simatic s7-1500 software controllerbefore 20.8
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (siemens). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Siemens SIMATIC Drive Controller family
- All versionsaffected
Siemens SIMATIC ET 200SP Open Controller CPU 1515SP PC (incl. SIPLUS variants)
- All versionsaffected
Siemens SIMATIC ET 200SP Open Controller CPU 1515SP PC2 (incl. SIPLUS variants)
- All versions < V20.8, All versions >= V20.8affected
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants)
- All versions < V4.4.0, All versions >= V4.4.0affected
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU family (incl. related ET200 CPUs and SIPLUS variants)
- All versions < V2.8.1, All versions >= V2.8.1affected
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 Software Controller
- All versions < V20.8, All versions >= V20.8affected
Siemens SIMATIC S7-PLCSIM Advanced
- All versions < V3.0, All versions >= V3.0affected
Same product
siemens: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2019-10929A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC CP 1626 (All versions), SIMATIC ET 200SP Open Controller CPU 1515SP PC (incl.23Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-19-308 · Dec 10, 2019(Siemens Endüstriyel Ürünler Zafiyeti)
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-353 · Missing Support for Integrity CheckCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Subverting Environment Variable ValuesCAPEC-13likelihood: High · Very High
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer OverflowCAPEC-14likelihood: Medium · High
- Content Spoofing Via Application API ManipulationCAPEC-389Low
- Manipulating Opaque Client-based Data TokensCAPEC-39likelihood: High · Medium
- Exploitation of Thunderbolt Protection FlawsCAPEC-665likelihood: Low · Very High
- Manipulating StateCAPEC-74likelihood: Medium · High
- Manipulating Writeable Configuration FilesCAPEC-75likelihood: High · Very High
ATT&CK techniques
- Exploitation for Defensive EvasionT1211
- Pre-OS Boot: Component FirmwareT1542.002
- Modify Authentication ProcessT1556
- Impair Defenses:Impair Command History LoggingT1562.003
- Hijack Execution Flow:Dynamic Linker HijackingT1574.006
- Hijack Execution Flow:Path Interception by PATH Environment VariableT1574.007
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.