High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 12, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-23448
CVE-2022-23448
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 products
8cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_energy_manager_basic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_energy_manager_basic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <7.3
- cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_energy_manager_basic:7.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: < V7.3 Update 1
- (no CPE)range: All versions < V7.3 Update 1
- (no CPE)range: All versions < V7.3 Update 1
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_energy_manager_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_energy_manager_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <7.3
- cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_energy_manager_pro:7.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: < V7.3 Update 1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-655554.pdfnvdMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
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