CVE-2021-40364

Medium

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.2 (All versions), SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.0 (All versions < V9.0 SP3 UC04), SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.1 (All versions < V9.1 SP1), SIMATIC WinCC V15 and earlier (All versions < V15 SP1 Update 7), SIMATIC WinCC V16 (All versions < V16 Update 5), SIMATIC WinCC V17 (All versions < V17 Update 2), SIMATIC WinCC V7.4 (All versions < V7.4 SP1 Update 19), SIMATIC WinCC V7.5 (All versions < V7.5 SP2 Update 5). The affected systems store sensitive information in log files. An attacker with access to the log files could publicly expose the information or reuse it to develop further attacks on the system.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductSiemens Simatic Pcs
PublishedNov 9, 2021
First seenNov 9, 2021
Weakness typeCWE-532CWE-532

How to fix

Update
  • siemens simatic_pcs_79.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
siemens simatic_pcs_7v ≤ 8.2, 9.0 ≤ v < 9.1, 9.19.1
siemens simatic_winccv ≤ 7.4, 7.5, 15, 16, 17—

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