CVE-2022-23448 — Incorrect Permission Assignment in Siemens Simatic Energy Manager Basic

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 92.49%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Siemens Simatic Energy Manager BasicSiemens Simatic Energy Manager PRO
Timeline
PublishedApr 12
Latest updateApr 13

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC Energy Manager Basic (All versions < V7.3 Update 1), SIMATIC Energy Manager PRO (All versions < V7.3 Update 1). Affected applications improperly assign permissions to critical directories and files used by the application processes. This could allow a local unprivileged attacker to achieve code execution with ADMINISTRATOR or even NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM privileges.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5siemens/simatic_energy_manager_basicAll versions < V7.3 Update 1
▶CVEListV5siemens/simatic_energy_manager_proAll versions < V7.3 Update 1

Patches

Patch: cert-portal.siemens.com ↗Patch: cert-portal.siemens.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-5hqf-83pf-c8gv: A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC Energy Manager Basic (All versions < V7↗2022-04-13
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CVEList
CVE-2022-23448: A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC Energy Manager Basic (All versions < V7↗2022-04-12
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CVE-2022-23448 — Incorrect Permission Assignment | cvebase