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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Siemens SIMATIC 3.0.44. This impacts an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2015-8214. No exploit is available. The application of restrictive firewalling is recommended.

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A vulnerability has been found in Siemens SIMATIC 3.0.44 (SCADA Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 11/27/2015 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at siemens.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-8214 since 11/16/2015. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. 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 07/03/2022). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Proper firewalling of tcp/102 is able to address this issue.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 78345†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• SCADA Software

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• Siemens

Name

• SIMATIC

Version

• 3.0.44

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.siemens.com/

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