16 May 2019

KLCERT-19-027: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC and SIMATIC PCS 7

Vendor

Siemens

Timeline

Timeline

  • Kaspersky ICS CERT advisory published

    15 May 2019

  • Vendor releases patch

    May 2019

  • Vulnerabilities acknowledged by Vendor

    December 2018

  • Vulnerabilities reported

    December 2018

Description

An attacker with network access to affected installations, which are configured without “Encrypted Communication”, can execute arbitrary code.

The security vulnerability could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the affected installation. No user interaction is required to exploit this security vulnerability. The vulnerability impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the device.


Exploitability

Remotely

Attack complexity

Low

User interaction

None

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Existence of exploit

Unknown

Affected products

SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.0 and earlier:All versions
SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.1 and newer: All versions
SIMATIC WinCC V7.2 and earlier: All versions
SIMATIC WinCC V7.3 and newer: All versions

Mitigation

Vendor mitigation

Upgrade to a newer version and enable “Encrypted Communication”.

Apply Defense-in-Depth concept.

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Timeline

  • Kaspersky ICS CERT advisory published

    15 May 2019

  • Vendor releases patch

    May 2019

  • Vulnerabilities acknowledged by Vendor

    December 2018

  • Vulnerabilities reported

    December 2018