Execution with unnecessary privileges in Siemens products - CVE-2022-40182
Published: October 12, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU68261
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40182
CWE-ID: CWE-250
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the device embedded Chromium-based browser is launched as root with the "--no-sandbox" option. A remote user can run the affected binary and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.
Affected software
PXG3.W100-1
PXG3.W200-1
Desigo PXM30-1
Desigo PXM30.E
Desigo PXM40-1
Desigo PXM40.E
Desigo PXM50-1
Desigo PXM50.E
PXG3.W100-2
PXG3.W200-2
PXG3.W200-1
Desigo PXM30-1
Desigo PXM30.E
Desigo PXM40-1
Desigo PXM40.E
Desigo PXM50-1
Desigo PXM50.E
PXG3.W100-2
PXG3.W200-2
How to mitigate CVE-2022-40182
Install updates from vendor's website.
PXG3.W100-1 - update to 02.20.126.11-37
PXG3.W200-1 - update to 02.20.126.11-37
Desigo PXM30-1 - update to 02.20.126.11-41
Desigo PXM30.E - update to 02.20.126.11-41
Desigo PXM40-1 - update to 02.20.126.11-41
Desigo PXM40.E - update to 02.20.126.11-41
Desigo PXM50-1 - update to 02.20.126.11-41
Desigo PXM50.E - update to 02.20.126.11-41
PXG3.W100-2 - update to 02.20.126.11-41
PXG3.W200-2 - update to 02.20.126.11-41
PXG3.W200-1 - update to 02.20.126.11-37
Desigo PXM30-1 - update to 02.20.126.11-41
Desigo PXM30.E - update to 02.20.126.11-41
Desigo PXM40-1 - update to 02.20.126.11-41
Desigo PXM40.E - update to 02.20.126.11-41
Desigo PXM50-1 - update to 02.20.126.11-41
Desigo PXM50.E - update to 02.20.126.11-41
PXG3.W100-2 - update to 02.20.126.11-41
PXG3.W200-2 - update to 02.20.126.11-41