Summary
Siemens Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewer is affected by a vulnerability that could be triggered when the application reads scene (.sce) files. If a user is tricked to open a malicious file with the affected application, this could lead to a crash, and potentially also to arbitrary code execution or data extraction on the target host system.
Siemens has released an update for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewer and recommends to update to the latest version to fix the vulnerability. Siemens recommends to avoid opening of untrusted files from unknown sources.
Vulnerabilities 1
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A vulnerability has been identified in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewer (All versions < V2021.2.1). The starview+.exe applica…
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References
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SSA-109294: Scene File Parsing Vulnerability in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewer - TXT Version
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/txt/ssa-109294.txt
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SSA-109294: Scene File Parsing Vulnerability in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewer - PDF Version
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-109294.pdf
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ICS Advisory ICSA-21-257-05 - Web Version
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-21-257-05
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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