1) Insufficiently protected credentials

EUVDB-ID: #VU68263

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38465

CWE-ID: CWE-522 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficiently protected credentials. A local attacker can discover the private key of a CPU product family and extract confidential configuration data from projects that are protected by that key or perform attacks against legacy PG/PC and HMI communication.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

SIMATIC ET 200SP Open Controller CPU 1515SP PC: All versions

SIMATIC Drive Controller: before 2.9.2

SIMATIC ET 200SP Open Controller CPU 1515SP PC2: before 21.9

SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU family: before 4.5.0

SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU: before 2.9.2

SIMATIC S7-1500 Software Controller: before 21.9

SIMATIC S7-PLCSIM Advanced: before 4.0

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CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:h:siemens:simatic_et_200sp_open_controller_cpu_1515sp_pc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-568427.pdf

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?