Information disclosure in Siemens SIMATIC IPCs

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU75035

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23588

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application in the Adaptec Maxview application. A local attacker can decrypt intercepted local traffic between the browser and the application.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

SIMATIC IPC647D: All versions

SIMATIC IPC847D: All versions

SIMATIC IPC1047: All versions

SIMATIC IPC647E: before 4.09.00.25611

SIMATIC IPC847E: before 4.09.00.25611

SIMATIC IPC1047E: before 4.09.00.25611

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_ipc647d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_ipc847d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:siemens:simatic_ipc1047:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:siemens:simatic_ipc647e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:siemens:simatic_ipc847e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:siemens:simatic_ipc1047e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-511182.pdf

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.