CVE-2021-31894

HIGH

Siemens Simatic Pcs 7 Firmware < 8.2 - Incorrect Permission Assignment

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.2 and earlier (All versions), SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.X (All versions < V9.1 SP2), SIMATIC PDM (All versions < V9.2 SP2), SIMATIC STEP 7 V5.X (All versions < V5.7), SINAMICS STARTER (containing STEP 7 OEM version) (All versions < V5.4 SP2 HF1). A directory containing metafiles relevant to devices' configurations has write permissions. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability by changing the content of certain metafiles and subsequently manipulate parameters or behavior of devices that would be later configured by the affected software.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-661034.pdf

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 8.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-732
Status published
Products (6)
siemens/simatic_pcs_7_firmware 9.0
siemens/simatic_pcs_7_firmware < 8.2
siemens/simatic_pdm_firmware
siemens/simatic_step_7_firmware 5.0 - 5.7
siemens/sinamics_starter_firmware 5.4 (6 CPE variants)
siemens/sinamics_starter_firmware < 5.4
Published Jul 13, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026