Summary
SIMATIC HMI Products are affected by two vulnerabilities that could allow a remote attacker to discover user passwords and obtain access to the Sm@rt Server via a brute-force attack.
Siemens has released updates for the affected products and recommends to update to the latest versions. Siemens also suggests following the listed mitigations for the Unified Comfort Panels.
Vulnerabilities 2
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Critical 9.8
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC HMI Basic Panels 2nd Generation (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < …
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Unscored —
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC HMI Unified Comfort Panels (All versions <= V16). Affected devices insuf…
Revision history
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#5
Revision - Fixing typos
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#4
Added patch link for Unified Comfort Panel, and mitigation for components that will not be remediated due to limitations.
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#3
Added patch links for SIMATIC HMI Basic (2nd generation), Comfort (including SIPLUS variants) and Mobile Panels
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#2
Added mitigations and fix dates
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#1
Publication Date
References
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SSA-542525: Authentication Vulnerabilities in SIMATIC HMI Products - TXT Version
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/txt/ssa-542525.txt
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SSA-542525: Authentication Vulnerabilities in SIMATIC HMI Products - PDF Version
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-542525.pdf
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ICS Advisory ICSA-20-252-06 - Web Version
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-20-252-06
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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