VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-23448

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.25%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-04-12
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC Energy Manager Basic (All versions < V7.3 Update 1), SIMATIC Energy Manager PRO (All versions < V7.3 Update 1). Affected applications improperly assign permissions to critical directories and files used by the application processes. This could allow a local unprivileged attacker to achieve code execution with ADMINISTRATOR or even NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM privileges.

Weakness classification

  • productcert@siemens.com: CWE-732
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-732

Primary references