CVE-2021-40358

Summary

CVECVE-2021-40358
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-11-09 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-04-11 10:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.2 (All versions), SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.0 (All versions < V9.0 SP3 UC04), SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.1 (All versions < V9.1 SP1), SIMATIC WinCC V15 and earlier (All versions < V15 SP1 Update 7), SIMATIC WinCC V16 (All versions < V16 Update 5), SIMATIC WinCC V17 (All versions < V17 Update 2), SIMATIC WinCC V7.4 (All versions < V7.4 SP1 Update 19), SIMATIC WinCC V7.5 (All versions < V7.5 SP2 Update 5). Legitimate file operations on the web server of the affected systems do not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname. An attacker could then cause the pathname to resolve to a location outside of the restricted directory on the server and read, write or delete unexpected critical files.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Siemens Simatic Pcs 7 All All All All
Application Siemens Simatic Pcs 7 8.2 All All All
Application Siemens Simatic Pcs 7 9.0 - All All
Application Siemens Simatic Pcs 7 9.1 All All All
Application Siemens Simatic Pcs 7 9.1 - All All
Application Siemens Simatic Pcs 7 All All All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc All All All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 15 All All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 15.1 - All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 15.1 update_1 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 15.1 update_2 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 15.1 update_3 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 15.1 update_4 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 15.1 update_5 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 15.1 update_6 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 16 All All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 16 update1 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 16 update2 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 16 update3 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 16 update4 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 17 All All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 17 update1 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 All All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 - All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update1 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update10 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update11 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update12 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update13 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update14 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update15 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update16 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update17 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update18 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update2 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update3 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update4 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update5 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update6 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update7 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update8 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update9 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 update_1 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.5 All All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.5 - All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.5 sp1 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.5 sp1_update1 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.5 sp1_update2 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.5 sp2 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.5 sp2_update1 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.5 sp2_update2 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.5 sp2_update3 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.5 sp2_update4 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-840188.pdf MISC cert-portal.siemens.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 590822 Siemens SIMATIC WinCC (Update B) Multiple Vulnerabilities (ICSA-21-315-03)
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