SSA-199605

Siemens Security Advisory by Siemens ProductCERT

SSA-199605: Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability in SIMATIC eaSie PCS 7 Skill Package

Publication Date:	2021-12-14
Last Update:	2021-12-14
Current Version:	V1.0
CVSS v3.1 Base Score:	6.5

SUMMARY

SIMATIC eaSie PCS 7 Skill Package contains a path traversal vulnerability that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to read arbitrary files for the application server.

Siemens has released an update for the SIMATIC eaSie PCS 7 Skill Package and recommends to update to the latest version.

AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND SOLUTION

Affected Product and Versions	Remediation
SIMATIC eaSie PCS 7 Skill Package (6DL5424-0BX00-0AV8): All versions < V21.00 SP3	Update to V21.00 SP3 or later version https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109795919

WORKAROUNDS AND MITIGATIONS

Siemens has not identified any additional specific workarounds or mitigations. Please follow the General Security Recommendations.

Product specific mitigations can be found in the section Affected Products and Solution.

GENERAL SECURITY RECOMMENDATIONS

As a general security measure, Siemens strongly recommends to protect network access to devices with appropriate mechanisms. In order to operate the devices in a protected IT environment, Siemens recommends to configure the environment according to Siemens’ operational guidelines for Industrial Security (Download: https://www.siemens.com/cert/operational-guidelines-industrial-security), and to follow the recommendations in the product manuals.

Additional information on Industrial Security by Siemens can be found at: https://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

SIMATIC eaSie is a digital assistant for automation and process control technology in the Siemens automation concept, “Totally Integrated Automation”.

VULNERABILITY CLASSIFICATION

The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSS scoring system in version 3.1 (CVSS v3.1) (https://www.first.org/cvss). The CVSS environmental score is specific to the customer’s environment and will impact the overall CVSS score. The environmental score should therefore be individually defined by the customer to accomplish final scoring.

An additional classification has been performed using the CWE classification, a community-developed list of common software security weaknesses. This serves as a common language and as a baseline for weakness identification, mitigation, and prevention efforts. A detailed list of CWE classes can be found at: https://cwe.mitre.org/.

Vulnerability CVE-2021-42022

When downloading files, 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 unexpected critical files. The affected file download function is disabled by default.

CVSS v3.1 Base Score	6.5
CVSS Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CWE:	CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (‘Path Traversal’)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This vulnerability has been discovered internally by Siemens.

For further inquiries on security vulnerabilities in Siemens products and solutions, please contact the Siemens ProductCERT:

https://www.siemens.com/cert/advisories

HISTORY DATA

V1.0 (2021-12-14): Publication Date

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