CVSS 3.1
6.7 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2020-7581
Medium (6.7) in siemens. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
A vulnerability has been identified in Opcenter Execution Discrete (All versions < V3.2), Opcenter Execution Foundation (All versions < V3.2), Opcenter Execution Process (All versions < V3.2), Opcenter Intelligence (All versions < V3.3), Opcenter Quality (All versions < V11.3), Opcenter RD&L (V8.0), SIMATIC Notifier Server for Windows (All versions), SIMATIC PCS neo (All versions < V3.0 SP1), SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V15 (All versions < V15.1 Update 5), SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V16 (All versions < V16 Update 2), SIMOCODE ES V15.1 (All versions < V15.1 Update 4), SIMOCODE ES V16 (All versions < V16 Update 1), Soft Starter ES V15.1 (All versions < V15.1 Update 3), Soft Starter ES V16 (All versions < V16 Update 1). A component within the affected application calls a helper binary with SYSTEM privileges during startup while the call path is not quoted. This could allow a local attacker with administrative privileges to execute code with SYSTEM level privileges.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 31% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-428
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- siemens:opcenter_execution_discrete
- siemens:opcenter_execution_foundation
- siemens:opcenter_execution_process
- siemens:opcenter_intelligence
- siemens:opcenter_quality
- siemens:opcenter_rd\&l
- siemens:simatic_notifier_server
- siemens:simatic_pcs_neo
- siemens:simatic_step_7
- siemens:simocode_es
- siemens:soft_starter_es