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  "document": {
    "acknowledgments": [
      {
        "names": [
          "Jian Gao"
        ],
        "summary": "reporting this vulnerability to Siemens"
      }
    ],
    "category": "csaf_security_advisory",
    "csaf_version": "2.0",
    "distribution": {
      "text": "Disclosure is not limited",
      "tlp": {
        "label": "WHITE",
        "url": "https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/"
      }
    },
    "lang": "en-US",
    "notes": [
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "This CSAF advisory was extracted from unstructured data and may contain inaccuracies. If you notice any errors, please reach out to the designated contact at CISA CSAF: central@cisa.dhs.gov",
        "title": "CISA Disclaimer"
      },
      {
        "category": "legal_disclaimer",
        "text": "All information products included in https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics are provided \"as is\" for informational purposes only. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not provide any warranties of any kind regarding any information contained within. DHS does not endorse any commercial product or service, referenced in this product or otherwise. Further dissemination of this product is governed by the Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) marking in the header. For more information about TLP, see https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/.",
        "title": "Legal Notice"
      },
      {
        "category": "summary",
        "text": "Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker using TIA Portal v13 or later versions to bypass authentication and download arbitrary programs to the PLC.",
        "title": "Risk evaluation"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "Multiple",
        "title": "Critical infrastructure sectors"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "Worldwide",
        "title": "Countries/areas deployed"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "Germany",
        "title": "Company headquarters location"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. Specifically, users should:",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.\nCISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage onus-cert.cisa.gov. Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage on us-cert.cisa.gov in the Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.\nOrganizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "For further inquiries on security vulnerabilities in Siemens products and solutions, please contact the Siemens ProductCERT: https://www.siemens.com/cert/advisories",
        "title": "Additional Resources"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability. This vulnerability has a high attack complexity.",
        "title": "Exploitability"
      }
    ],
    "publisher": {
      "category": "coordinator",
      "contact_details": "Email: CISAservicedesk@cisa.dhs.gov;\n Toll Free: 1-888-282-0870",
      "name": "CISA",
      "namespace": "https://www.cisa.gov/"
    },
    "references": [
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "SSA-830194: Missing Authentication Vulnerability in S7-1200 Devices - CSAF Version",
        "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/csaf/ssa-830194.json"
      },
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-21-222-09 JSON",
        "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2021/icsa-21-222-09.json"
      },
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-21-222-09 Web Version",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-21-222-09"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-10-301-01"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://us-cert.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/tips/ICS-TIP-12-146-01B"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "SSA-830194: Missing Authentication Vulnerability in S7-1200 Devices - PDF Version",
        "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-830194.pdf"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "SSA-830194: Missing Authentication Vulnerability in S7-1200 Devices - TXT Version",
        "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/txt/ssa-830194.txt"
      }
    ],
    "title": "Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200  (Update A)",
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      "id": "ICSA-21-222-09",
      "initial_release_date": "2021-08-10T00:00:00.000000Z",
      "revision_history": [
        {
          "date": "2021-08-10T00:00:00.000000Z",
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          "number": "1",
          "summary": "ICSA-21-222-09 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200"
        },
        {
          "date": "2021-09-14T00:00:00.000000Z",
          "legacy_version": "A",
          "number": "2",
          "summary": "ICSA-21-222-09 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 (Update A)"
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      "status": "final",
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                "name": "V4.5.0",
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                  "product_id": "CSAFPID-0001"
                }
              }
            ],
            "category": "product_name",
            "name": "SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants)"
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        ],
        "category": "vendor",
        "name": "Siemens"
      }
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    {
      "cve": "CVE-2021-37172",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-287",
        "name": "Improper Authentication"
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      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "Affected devices fail to authenticate against configured passwords when provisioned using TIA Portal V13. This could allow an attacker using TIA Portal V13 or later versions to bypass authentication and download arbitrary programs to the PLC. The vulnerability does not occur when TIA Portal V13 SP1 or any later version was used to provision the device.",
          "title": "Summary"
        }
      ],
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      },
      "references": [
        {
          "summary": "CVE-2021-37172 - SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants)",
          "url": "https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109793280/"
        },
        {
          "summary": "CVE-2021-37172 Mitre 5.0 json",
          "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/mitre/CVE-2021-37172.json"
        },
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "web.nvd.nist.gov",
          "url": "http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2021-37172"
        },
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "www.first.org",
          "url": "https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "remediations": [
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          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Update to V4.5.1 or later version",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ],
          "url": "https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109793280/"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Update to TIA Portal V13 SP1 or any later version before provisioning S7-1200 V4.5.0 devices",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "As a general security measure, Siemens strongly recommends to protect network access to devices with appropriate mechanisms. In order to operate the devices in a protected IT environment, Siemens recommends to configure the environment according to Siemens\u0027 operational guidelines for Industrial Security (Download: https://www.siemens.com/cert/operational-guidelines-industrial-security), and to follow the recommendations in the product manuals.\n\nAdditional information on Industrial Security by Siemens can be found at: https://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity",
          "product_ids": [
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        }
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            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C",
            "version": "3.1"
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          "products": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "title": "CVE-2021-37172"
    }
  ]
}