Vulnerability · Published Apr 12, 2022 · Assigned by siemens

CVE-2022-23448

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity incorrect permission assignment in SIMATIC Energy Manager Basic from Siemens. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 83.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Siemens	SIMATIC Energy Manager Basic	All versions < V7.3 Update 1
Siemens	SIMATIC Energy Manager PRO	All versions < V7.3 Update 1

Weakness: CWE-732

References

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