CVE-2014-5232 — The Siemens SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient app before 1.0.2 for iOS allows local users to bypass an intended application-password requirement by leveraging the running of the app in the background state

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The Siemens SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient app before 1.0.2 for iOS allows local users to bypass an intended application-password requirement by leveraging the running of the app in the background state

Published Jan 14, 2015

1.9

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.36%

Description

The Siemens SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient app before 1.0.2 for iOS allows local users to bypass an intended application-password requirement by leveraging the running of the app in the background state.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.36% 0.00355

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00355

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.36% (0.00355)	26.86th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.36% (0.00355)	27.16th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.04% (0.00040)	9.22th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (2)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031546
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.siemens.com/innovation/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-311299.pdf
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031546		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.siemens.com/innovation/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-311299.pdf		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jan 14, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Aug 13, 2014

Link CVE-2014-5232

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-5232

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-5232