CVE-2022-23449

HIGH

Siemens Simatic Energy Manager Basic < 7.3 - Uncontrolled Search Path

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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.

References (1)

[Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-655554.pdf

Scores

CVSS v3 7.3

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 14.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-427

Status published

Affected Products (4)

siemens/simatic_energy_manager_basic < 7.3

siemens/simatic_energy_manager_basic

siemens/simatic_energy_manager_pro < 7.3

siemens/simatic_energy_manager_pro

Timeline

Published Apr 12, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026