CVE-2022-23448

Published: Apr 12, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDU csafCWE-732

7.8HIGH

NVD MITRE

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAttack Vector

Local

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:LPrivileges Required

Low

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-732

Affected Products

Siemens AG

commercial·DEaka Siemens

SIMATIC Energy Manager Basic

ICS / OT / IoT

SIMATIC Energy Manager PRO

ICS / OT / IoT

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

Workaround Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique

Privilege Escalation

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2022-23448

nvd.nist.gov

https://vuldb.com/?id.196915

vuldb.com

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-655554.pdf

cert-portal.siemens.com

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