Summary
Several industrial products as listed below contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with SYTEM privileges.
Siemens has released updates for the affected products and recommends to update to the latest versions.
Vulnerabilities 1
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Unscored —
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC Automation Tool (All versions < V4 SP2), SIMATIC NET PC Software V14 (Al…
Revision history
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#12
Corrected description and CVSS score for CVE-2020-7580
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#11
Added solution for SIMATIC NET PC Software V14 and clarified affected versions
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#10
Added solution for SIMATIC ProSave
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#9
Updated solution for SINEMA Server
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#8
Added solution for SIMATIC Automation Tool and updated solution for SINEC NMS
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#7
Added solution for SINUMERIK ONE Virtual and SINUMERIK Operate
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#6
Added solution for SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V14 and SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V14
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#5
Added solution for SIMATIC S7-1500 Software Controller and SINAMICS STARTER
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#4
Added solution for SINAMICS Startdrive, SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V15, and SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V15
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#3
Added solution for SIMATIC PCS neo. Errata: SIMATIC PCS 7 removed from affected products
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#2
Added solutions for SIMATIC STEP 7 V13, SIMATIC STEP 7 V16, SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V13, SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V16 and SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Advanced
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References
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SSA-312271: Unquoted Search Path Vulnerability in Windows-based Industrial Software Applications - TXT Version
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/txt/ssa-312271.txt
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SSA-312271: Unquoted Search Path Vulnerability in Windows-based Industrial Software Applications - PDF Version
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-312271.pdf
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ICS Advisory ICSA-20-161-04 - Web Version
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-20-161-04
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Recommended Practices
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-10-301-01
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Recommended Practices
https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/ics-recommended-practices
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Recommended Practices
https://www.cisa.gov/topics/industrial-control-systems
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Recommended Practices
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf
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Recommended Practices
https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Cybersecurity_Best_Practices_for_Industrial_Control_Systems.pdf
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Recommended Practices
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/tips/ICS-TIP-12-146-01B