High severity · published Apr 12, 2022
CVE-2022-23449
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)
7.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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). A DLL Hijacking vulnerability could allow a local attacker to execute code with elevated privileges by placing a malicious DLL in one of the directories on the DLL search path.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 26% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SE
Simatic Energy Manager Basic · Siemens
before 7.3; 7.3 · source: NVD
SE
Simatic Energy Manager Pro · Siemens
before 7.3; 7.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23449
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23449
Mitigation
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-655554.pdf
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