CVE-2021-37204
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC Drive Controller family (All versions < V2.9.2), SIMATIC Drive Controller family (All versions >= V2.9.2 < V2.9.4), SIMATIC ET 200SP Open Controller C...
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 82nd percentile. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
Affected SIMATIC firmware contains three vulnerabilities that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to perform a denial of service attack under certain conditions. Siemens has released updates for several affected products and recommends to update to the latest versions. Siemens recommends countermeasures for products where updates are not, or not yet available.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
2.2% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 82nd percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
5 events over 1597 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- OpenVAS check added
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Publishedweakness classified
Affected products
- simatic drive controller cpu 1504d tf firmwareICS / OT / IoT
- simatic drive controller cpu 1507d tf firmwareICS / OT / IoT
- simatic et 200sp open controller cpu 1515sp pc2 firmwareICS / OT / IoT
- simatic s7-plcsim advanced firmwareICS / OT / IoT
- tim 1531 irc firmwareICS / OT / IoT
- SIMATIC S7-1500 Software ControllerICS / OT / IoT
- simatic s7-1200 cpu 1211c firmwareICS / OT / IoT
- simatic s7-1200 cpu 1212c firmwareICS / OT / IoT
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Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Scored 7.5 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
- Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
- Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
- User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
- Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
- Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable
Weaknesses
Sources
References in the record
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/csaf/ssa-838121.json
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-838121.html
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-838121.pdf
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