CVE-2022-23448

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 12, 2022 at 09:07 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:30 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorSIMATIC Energy Manager PROSIMATIC Energy Manager BasicSIMATIC Energy Manager

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Affected range stops below 7.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 7.37.3
Affected range stops below 7.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-655554.pdf

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-732

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