Local privilege escalation via insecure filesystem permissions
Published Apr 12, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Incorrect permissions in Siemens SIMATIC Energy Manager Basic and PRO before 7.3 Update 1 allow local users to execute elevated code. The applications grant overly broad permissions to unspecified critical directories and files used by privileged application processes. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and can execute code as Administrator or NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect permissions in Siemens SIMATIC Energy Manager Basic and PRO before 7.3 Update 1 allow local users to execute elevated code. The applications grant overly broad permissions to unspecified critical directories and files used by privileged application processes. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and can execute code as Administrator or NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-23448
- Published
- Apr 12, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Siemens
- Product
- SIMATIC Energy Manager PRO
- Classifications
- CWE-732, T1574
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 12, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=All versions < V7.3 Update 1
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