CVE-2017-6871
A vulnerability was discovered in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient for Android (All versions...
A vulnerability was discovered in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient for Android (All versions before V1.0.2.2) and SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient for Android Lite (All versions before V1.0.2.2). An attacker with physical access to an unlocked mobile device, that has the affected app running, could bypass the app's authentication mechanism under certain conditions.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A vulnerability was discovered in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient for Android (All versions before V1.0.2.2) and SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient for Android Lite (All versions before V1.0.2.2). An attacker with physical access to an unlocked mobile device, that has the affected app running, could bypass the app's authentication mechanism under certain conditions.
- Record
CVE-2017-6871- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-288, CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A vulnerability was discovered in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient for Android (All versions before V1.0.2.2) and SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient for Android Lite (All versions before V1.0.2.2). An attacker with physical access to an unlocked mobile device, that has the affected app running, could bypass the app's authentication mechanism under certain conditions.
- Record
CVE-2017-6871- Weakness
- CWE-288
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-15925 No score
A vulnerability was discovered in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient for Android (All versions before V1.0.2.2) and SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient for Android Lite (All versions before V1.0.2.2). An attacker with physical access to an unlocked mobile device, that has the affected app running, could bypass the app's authentication mechanism under certain conditions.
- Record
EUVD-2017-15925- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9fjf-27f3-w5w8
A vulnerability was discovered in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient for Android (All versions...
A vulnerability was discovered in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient for Android (All versions before V1.0.2.2) and SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient for Android Lite (All versions before V1.0.2.2). An attacker with physical access to an unlocked mobile device, that has the affected app running, could bypass the app's authentication mechanism under certain conditions.
- Record
GHSA-9fjf-27f3-w5w8- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-287, CWE-288
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-6871 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Siemens Simatic Wincc Sm\@rtclient, published August 8, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 24th percentile. No source names a fixed version.