High severity · published Dec 10, 2024
CVE-2024-52051
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-PLCSIM V17 (All versions), SIMATIC S7-PLCSIM V18 (All versions), SIMATIC STEP 7 Safety V17 (All versions < V17 Update 9), SIMATIC…
7.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-PLCSIM V17 (All versions), SIMATIC S7-PLCSIM V18 (All versions), SIMATIC STEP 7 Safety V17 (All versions < V17 Update 9), SIMATIC STEP 7 Safety V18 (All versions < V18 Update 6), SIMATIC STEP 7 Safety V19 (All versions < V19 Update 4), SIMATIC STEP 7 V17 (All versions < V17 Update 9), SIMATIC STEP 7 V18 (All versions < V18 Update 6), SIMATIC STEP 7 V19 (All versions < V19 Update 4), SIMATIC WinCC Unified PC Runtime V18 (All versions), SIMATIC WinCC Unified PC Runtime V19 (All versions < V19 Update 4), SIMATIC WinCC Unified V17 (All versions < V17 Update 9), SIMATIC WinCC Unified V18 (All versions < V18 Update 6), SIMATIC WinCC Unified V19 (All versions < V19 Update 4), SIMATIC WinCC V17 (All versions < V17 Update 9), SIMATIC WinCC V18 (All versions < V18 Update 6), SIMATIC WinCC V19 (All versions < V19 Update 4), SIMOCODE ES V17 (All versions), SIMOCODE ES V18 (All versions), SIMOCODE ES V19 (All versions), SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.4 (All versions), SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.5 (All versions), SIMOTION SCOUT TIA V5.6 (All versions < V5.6 SP1 HF7), SINAMICS Startdrive V17 (All versions), SINAMICS Startdrive V18 (All versions), SINAMICS Startdrive V19 (All versions), SIRIUS Safety ES V17 (TIA Portal) (All versions), SIRIUS Safety ES V18 (TIA Portal) (All versions), SIRIUS Safety ES V19 (TIA Portal) (All versions), SIRIUS Soft Starter ES V17 (TIA Portal) (All versions), SIRIUS Soft Starter ES V18 (TIA Portal) (All versions), SIRIUS Soft Starter ES V19 (TIA Portal) (All versions), TIA Portal Cloud V17 (All versions), TIA Portal Cloud V18 (All versions), TIA Portal Cloud V19 (All versions < V5.2.1.1). The affected devices do not properly sanitize user-controllable input when parsing user settings. This could allow an attacker to locally execute arbitrary commands in the host operating system with the privileges of the user.
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)0.2% · higher than 7% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SS
SIMATIC S7-PLCSIM V17 · Siemens
0 · source: vendor
SS
SIMATIC S7-PLCSIM V18 · Siemens
0 · source: vendor
SS
SIMATIC STEP 7 Safety V17 · Siemens
before V17 Update 9 · source: vendor
SS
SIMATIC STEP 7 Safety V18 · Siemens
before V18 Update 6 · source: vendor
SS
SIMATIC STEP 7 Safety V19 · Siemens
before V19 Update 4 · source: vendor
SS
SIMATIC STEP 7 V17 · Siemens
before V17 Update 9 · source: vendor
SS
SIMATIC STEP 7 V18 · Siemens
before V18 Update 6 · source: vendor
SS
SIMATIC STEP 7 V19 · Siemens
before V19 Update 4 · source: vendor
SW
SIMATIC WinCC Unified PC Runtime V18 · Siemens
0 · source: vendor
SW
SIMATIC WinCC Unified PC Runtime V19 · Siemens
before V19 Update 4 · source: vendor
SW
SIMATIC WinCC Unified V17 · Siemens
before V17 Update 9 · source: vendor
SW
SIMATIC WinCC Unified V18 · Siemens
before V18 Update 6 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52051
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-52051
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-392859.html
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