7.8
CWE
538 312
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2021-40363

First published: Wed Feb 09 2022(Updated: )

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.2 (All versions), SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.0 (All versions), SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.1 (All versions < V9.1 SP1), SIMATIC WinCC V15 and earlier (All versions < V15 SP1 Update 7), SIMATIC WinCC V16 (All versions < V16 Update 5), SIMATIC WinCC V17 (All versions < V17 Update 2), SIMATIC WinCC V17 (All versions <= V17 Update 4), SIMATIC WinCC V7.4 (All versions < V7.4 SP1 Update 19), SIMATIC WinCC V7.5 (All versions < V7.5 SP2 Update 6). The affected component stores the credentials of a local system account in a potentially publicly accessible project file using an outdated cipher algorithm. An attacker may use this to brute force the credentials and take over the system.

Credit: productcert@siemens.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
SIEMENS SIMATIC PCS 7<=8.2
SIEMENS SIMATIC PCS 7=9.0
SIEMENS SIMATIC PCS 7=9.1
Siemens Simatic WinCC<7.4
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.4
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.4-sp1
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.4-sp1_update1
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.4-sp1_update10
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.4-sp1_update11
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.4-sp1_update12
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.4-sp1_update13
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.4-sp1_update14
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.4-sp1_update15
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.4-sp1_update16
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.4-sp1_update17
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.4-sp1_update18
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.4-sp1_update2
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.4-sp1_update3
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.4-sp1_update4
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.4-sp1_update5
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.4-sp1_update6
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.4-sp1_update7
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.4-sp1_update8
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.4-sp1_update9
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.4-update_1
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.5
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.5-sp1
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.5-sp1_update1
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.5-sp1_update2
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.5-sp2
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.5-sp2_update1
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.5-sp2_update2
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.5-sp2_update3
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.5-sp2_update4
Siemens Simatic WinCC=7.5-sp2_update5
Siemens Simatic WinCC=13
Siemens Simatic WinCC=13-sp1
Siemens Simatic WinCC=13-sp2
Siemens Simatic WinCC=14.0.1
Siemens Simatic WinCC=15
Siemens Simatic WinCC=15.1
Siemens Simatic WinCC=15.1-update_1
Siemens Simatic WinCC=15.1-update_2
Siemens Simatic WinCC=15.1-update_3
Siemens Simatic WinCC=15.1-update_4
Siemens Simatic WinCC=15.1-update_5
Siemens Simatic WinCC=15.1-update_6
Siemens Simatic WinCC=16
Siemens Simatic WinCC=16-update1
Siemens Simatic WinCC=16-update2
Siemens Simatic WinCC=16-update3
Siemens Simatic WinCC=16-update4
Siemens Simatic WinCC=17
Siemens Simatic WinCC=17-update1

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