CVE-2023-38558 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS neo (Administration Console) V4.0 (All versions), SIMATIC PCS neo (Administration Console) V4.0 Update 1 (All versions). The affected application leaks Windows admin credentials. An attacker with local access to the Administration Console could get the credentials, and impersonate the admin user, thereby gaining admin access to other Windows systems.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00028.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Siemens	Simatic Pcs Neo

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_pcs_neo:4.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_pcs_neo:4.0:update_1::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-42357	A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS neo (Administration Console) V4.0 (All versions), SIMATIC PCS neo (Administration Console) V4.0 Update 1 (All versions). The affected application leaks Windows admin credentials. An attacker with local access to the Administration Console could get the credentials, and impersonate the admin user, thereby gaining admin access to other Windows systems.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-646240.pdf

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: siemens

Published: 2023-09-14T10:39:29.769Z

Updated: 2025-02-27T20:50:18.770Z

Reserved: 2023-07-20T08:17:26.143Z

Link: CVE-2023-38558

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:46:56.344Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-14T11:15:07.643

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:13:49.637

Link: CVE-2023-38558

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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