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CVE-2022-23449 (GCVE-0-2022-23449)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-12 09:07 – Updated: 2024-08-03 03:43
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Siemens SIMATIC Energy Manager Basic Affected: All versions < V7.3 Update 1
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