XXE Vulnerability in OPC Foundation UA .NET Sample Code and Local Discovery Server (LDS)

CVE-2017-12069 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

An XXE vulnerability has been identified in OPC Foundation UA .NET Sample Code before 2017-03-21 and Local Discovery Server (LDS) before 1.03.367. Among the affected products are Siemens SIMATIC PCS7 (All versions V8.1 and earlier), SIMATIC WinCC (All versions < V7.4 SP1), SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional (All versions < V14 SP1), SIMATIC NET PC Software, and SIMATIC IT Production Suite. By sending specially crafted packets to the OPC Discovery Server at port 4840/tcp, an attacker might cause the system to access various resources chosen by the attacker.

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