CVSS2
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
ADJACENT
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
10.4%
**ATTENTION:**Exploitable from an adjacent network.
Vendor: Siemens
Equipment: SIMATIC WinCC OA UI mobile app
**Vulnerabilit****y:**Improper Access Control
Siemens reports that this vulnerability affects the following products:
This vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker who tricks an app user to connect to a malicious WinCC OA server. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to read and write data from and to the appβs project cache folder.
Siemens has provided the following updates for mitigation:
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.siemens.winccoaui>
<https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/simatic-wincc-oa-ui/id1073943068>
Siemens has identified the following specific workarounds and mitigations that users can apply to reduce the risk:
As a general security measure, Siemens strongly recommends protecting network access to devices with appropriate mechanisms. In order to run the devices in a protected IT environment, Siemens particularly recommends that users configure the environment according to Siemensβ Operational Guidelines for Industrial Security (<https://www.siemens.com/cert/operational-guidelines-industrial-security>), and follow the recommendations in the product manuals.
Additional information on industrial security by Siemens can be found at:
<https://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity>
For more information on this vulnerability and associated software updates, please see Siemens security notification SSA-822928 on their website:
<https://www.siemens.com/cert/advisories>
NCCIC recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. Specifically, users should:
NCCIC reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
NCCIC also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS-CERT web page. Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available in the NCCIC Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01BβTargeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies, that is available for download from the ICS-CERT website.
Organizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to NCCIC for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
In addition, NCCIC recommends that users take the following measures to protect themselves from social engineering attacks:
No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability. High skill level is needed to exploit.
Insufficient limitation of CONTROL script capabilities could allow read and write access from one HMI project cache folder to other HMI project cache folders within the appβs sandbox on the same mobile device. This includes HMI project cache folders of other configured WinCC OA servers.
This vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker who tricks an app user to connect to a malicious WinCC OA server. This could give an attacker the ability to read and write data from and to the appβs project cache folder.
CVE-2018-4844 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 5.1 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N).
Alexander Bolshev from IOActive, and Ivan Yushkevich from Embedi reported this vulnerability to Siemens.
Critical Infrastructure Sectors: Chemical, Energy, Food and Agriculture, Water and Wastewater Systems.
Countries/Areas Deployed: Worldwide
Company Headquarters Location: Germany
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CVSS2
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
ADJACENT
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
10.4%