Is CVE-2022-23448 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-23448 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-23448?

CVE-2022-23448 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-23448?

CVE-2022-23448 has an EPSS score of 0.23% (14th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-23448?

Upgrade simatic energy manager basic to 7.3 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-23448

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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). Affected applications improperly assign permissions to critical directories and files used by the application processes. This could allow a local unprivileged attacker to achieve code execution with ADMINISTRATOR or even NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM privileges.

CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

How to fix

Remediation Available

simatic energy manager basicNVD

Affected:< 7.3Fixed in:7.3CVE-2022-23448derived from NVD

simatic energy manager proNVD

Affected:< 7.3Fixed in:7.3CVE-2022-23448derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.23%probability of exploitation in 30 days

14thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 14% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

cert-portal.siemens.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2011-3923	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-15379	Critical	9.8	86%	-	-
CVE-2018-1000207	High	7.2	64%	-	-
CVE-2023-32986	High	8.8	63%	-	-
CVE-2021-44521	Critical	9.1	55%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-13374	Medium	4.3	38%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.