Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7/WinCC TIA Portal Permission access control
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 and WinCC (SCADA Software) (unknown version). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component TIA Portal. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability (Permission). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) and WinCC (TIA Portal) V10, V11, V12 (All versions), SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) and WinCC (TIA Portal) V13 (All versions), SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) and WinCC (TIA Portal) V14 (All versions < V14 SP1 Update 6), SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) and WinCC (TIA Portal) V15 (All versions < V15 Update 2). Improper file permissions in the default installation of TIA Portal may allow an attacker with local file system access to manipulate resources which may be transferred to devices and executed there by a different user. No special privileges are required, but the victim needs to transfer the manipulated files to a device. Execution is caused on the target device rather than on the PG device.
The bug was discovered 08/07/2018. The weakness was presented 08/07/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at cert-portal.siemens.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-11454 since 05/25/2018. The attack needs to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/01/2023). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
See 122707 for similar entry.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 8.6
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Name: PermissionClass: Access control / Permission
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
05/25/2018 🔍08/07/2018 🔍
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08/14/2018 🔍
05/01/2023 🔍
Sources
Vendor: siemens.comAdvisory: ssa-979106
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-11454 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 105115 - Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 and SIMATIC WinCC Multiple Insecure File Permissions Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 08/08/2018 07:58Updated: 05/01/2023 09:23
Changes: 08/08/2018 07:58 (59), 03/14/2020 07:00 (4), 05/01/2023 09:23 (3)
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