QID 590496

Date Published: 2021-08-02

QID 590496: Siemens UMC Stack (Update H) Multiple Vulnerabilities(ICSA-20-196-05)

AFFECTED PRODUCTS
Siemens reports that some of the vulnerabilities affect the following UMC components.
SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) v15: All versions prior to v15.1 update 5
SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) v16: All versions prior to v16 Update 2
SIMOCODE ES v16: All versions prior to v16 Update 1
SIMOCODE ES v15.1: All versions prior to v15.1 Update 4
Soft Starter ES v15.1: All versions prior to v15.1 Update 3
Soft Starter ES v16: All versions prior to v16 Update 1

QID Detection Logic (Authenticated):
QID checks for the Vulnerable version of Siemens using registry "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Siemens"

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to cause a partial denial-of-service condition on the UMC component of the affected devices under certain circumstances. This could also allow an attacker to locally escalate privileges from a user with administrative privileges to execute code with SYSTEM level privileges.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.2 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.2 severity.
  • Solution

    Customers are advised to refer to CERT MITIGATIONS section ICSA-20-196-05 for affected packages and patching details.

    Vendor References

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    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    ICSA-20-196-05 URL Logo www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/ICSA-20-196-05
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