CVE-2021-40358

Published Nov 9, 2021

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

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). Legitimate file operations on the web server of 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, write or delete unexpected critical files.
Source
productcert@siemens.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
9.9
Impact score
6
Exploitability score
3.1
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
CRITICAL

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.5
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
10
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

productcert@siemens.com
CWE-22
nvd@nist.gov
CWE-22

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations