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Current Version: V1.4
CVSS v3.1 Base Score: 7.8
Affected Product and Versions Remediation

All versions
Currently no fix is planned

All versions < V9.0 SP3 UC06
Update to V9.0 SP3 UC06 or later version
Update SIMATIC WinCC to V7.4 SP 1 Update 21 or later version

All versions < V9.1 SP1 UC01
Update to V9.1 SP1 UC01 or later version
Update SIMATIC WinCC to V7.5 SP2 Update 8 or later version

All versions
Currently no fix is planned

All versions < V17 Upd4

All versions
Currently no fix is planned

All versions < V7.4 SP1 Update 21
Update to V7.4 SP1 Update 21 or later version

All versions < V7.5 SP2 Update 8
Update to V7.5 SP2 Update 8 or later version
  • At least one default printer (but not a file based printer, as e.g. PDF/XPS printer) should be installed on the affected system
  • No file based printer, as e.g. PDF/XPS printers, should be installed on the affected system
  • Harden the application’s host to prevent local access by untrusted personnel

Product-specific remediations or mitigations can be found in the section Affected Products and Solution.
Please follow the 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

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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/.

CVSS v3.1 Base Score 7.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CWE CWE-1188: Insecure Default Initialization of Resource

  • Tim Dijkman from Powerspex for reporting the vulnerability

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

V1.0 (2022-05-10): Publication Date
V1.1 (2022-06-14): Updated fix for SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.1 and added fix for SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V17
V1.2 (2023-07-11): Added fix for SIMATIC WinCC V7.4 and update remediation for SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.0
V1.3 (2023-10-10): Added fix for SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.0
V1.4 (2023-11-14): No fix planned for SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.2