SB2022041913 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Siemens SIMATIC Energy Manager



SB2022041913 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Siemens SIMATIC Energy Manager

Published: April 19, 2022 Updated: September 14, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022041913
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 33% Low 67%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Incorrect permission assignment for critical resource (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23448)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected application assigns permissions to critical directories and files used by the application processes. A local user can execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges.


2) Insecure DLL loading (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23449)

The vulnerability allows a local user to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to the application loads DLL libraries in an insecure manner. A local user can place a specially crafted .dll file and execute arbitrary code on victim's system.


3) Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23450)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.