CVE-2021-31894

High

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.2 and earlier (All versions), SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.X (All versions < V9.1 SP2), SIMATIC PDM (All versions < V9.2 SP2), SIMATIC STEP 7 V5.X (All versions < V5.7), SINAMICS STARTER (containing STEP 7 OEM version) (All versions < V5.4 SP2 HF1). A directory containing metafiles relevant to devices' configurations has write permissions. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability by changing the content of certain metafiles and subsequently manipulate parameters or behavior of devices that would be later configured by the affected software.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability—
ProductSiemens Simatic Pcs 7 Firmware
PublishedJul 13, 2021
First seenJul 13, 2021
Weakness typeCWE-732CWE-732

How to fix

Update
  • siemens simatic_step_7_firmware5.7 or later
  • siemens sinamics_starter_firmware5.4 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
siemens simatic_pcs_7_firmwarev ≤ 8.2, 9.0—
siemens simatic_pdm_firmwareNo range specified—
siemens simatic_step_7_firmware5.0 ≤ v < 5.75.7
siemens sinamics_starter_firmwarev < 5.4, 5.45.4

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