Rewterz Threat Advisory – ICS: Multiple Siemens Products Vulnerabilities

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

CVE-2023-38557 CVSS:8.2

Siemens Spectrum Power 7 could allow a local authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by incorrect permission assignment for critical resources. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands with administrative privileges on the system with elevated privileges.

CVE-2023-38558 CVSS:5.5

Siemens SIMATIC PCS neo (Administration Console) could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by insertion of sensitive information into externally-accessible files and directories. An attacker could <exploit this vulnerability to obtain administrative credentials and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.

Impact

• Code Execution
• Information Disclosure

Indicators Of Compromise

CVE

• CVE-2023-38557
• CVE-2023-38558

Affected Vendors

Siemens

Affected Products

• Siemens Spectrum Power 7 V23Q2
• Siemens Spectrum Power 7 V23Q1
• Siemens SIMATIC PCS neo (Administration Console) 4.0
• Siemens SIMATIC PCS neo (Administration Console) 4.0 Update 1

Remediation

Refer to Siemens Security Advisory for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information.

Siemens Spectrum Power 7

Siemens SIMATIC PCS neo (Administration Console)