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CVE-2020-15782
published 2021-05-28

CVE-2020-15782: A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC Drive Controller family (All versions < V2.9.2), SIMATIC ET 200SP Open Controller CPU 1515SP PC (incl. SIPLUS…

PriorityP267critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
5.18%
91.5th percentile
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC Drive Controller family (All versions < V2.9.2), 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 < V21.9), SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V4.5.0), SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU family (incl. related ET200 CPUs and SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V2.9.2), SIMATIC S7-1500 Software Controller (All versions < V21.9), SIMATIC S7-PLCSIM Advanced (All versions < V4.0), SINAMICS PERFECT HARMONY GH180 Drives (Drives manufactured before 2021-08-13), SINUMERIK MC (All versions < V6.15), SINUMERIK ONE (All versions < V6.15). Affected devices are vulnerable to a memory protection bypass through a specific operation. A remote unauthenticated attacker with network access to port 102/tcp could potentially write arbitrary data and code to protected memory areas or read sensitive data to launch further attacks.

Affected

14 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
siemenss7-1200_cpu_firmware< 4.5.04.5.0
siemenss7-1500_cpu_firmware< 2.9.22.9.2
siemenssimatic_drive_controller_family
siemenssimatic_driver_controller_firmware< 2.9.22.9.2
siemenssimatic_et_200sp_open_controller_cpu_1515sp_pc
siemenssimatic_et_200sp_open_controller_cpu_1515sp_pc2
siemenssimatic_s7-1200_cpu_family
siemenssimatic_s7-1500_cpu_family
siemenssimatic_s7-1500_software_controller
siemenssimatic_s7-plcsim_advanced< 4.04.0
siemenssimatic_s7-plcsim_advanced
siemenssinamics_perfect_harmony_gh180_drives
siemenssinumerik_mc
siemenssinumerik_one

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

port102/tcp
port102/tcp
  • Monitor for unauthenticated S7comm/S7comm-plus connections on TCP port 102 targeting Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200/S7-1500 CPUs — exploitation involves a memory protection bypass via a specific operation over this port.
  • Alert on any S7 communication sessions that do not present valid access-protection passwords, or that attempt to use the ENDIS_PW instruction path to bypass client connection controls.
  • Flag S7 communication sessions that do not use TLS (i.e., non-TIA Portal v17 / non-certificate-based sessions) to affected PLCs, as the vulnerability is exploitable over unencrypted S7 protocol.
  • Treat any network access to the S7-1500 CPU display-level access protection interface from untrusted hosts as suspicious; the vulnerability allows bypassing this protection remotely.
  • ·CVSS score differs between advisories: NVD/CISA ICS advisories for SINUMERIK and S7 families score it 8.1 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), while the FESTO Didactic republication scores it 9.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) — detection priority should reflect the lower-complexity (AC:L) scenario.
  • ·The vulnerability is exploitable remotely with no authentication required; network segmentation of port 102/TCP is the primary compensating control where patching is not yet possible.
  • ·SINAMICS PERFECT HARMONY GH180 drives are only affected if the drive internal network is externally connected, which is non-default; verify network topology before treating these as exposed.
  • ·No known public exploits specifically targeting this vulnerability were reported at time of advisory publication; however, the attack surface (unauthenticated, network-accessible port 102/TCP) warrants proactive monitoring.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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