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CVE-2022-45147

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CVE-2022-45147

Published: Jul 9, 2024

Modified: Aug 27, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS neo V4.0 (All versions), SIMATIC STEP 7 V16 (All versions), SIMATIC STEP 7 V17 (All versions), SIMATIC STEP 7 V18 (All versions < V18 Update 2). Affected applications do not properly restrict the .NET BinaryFormatter when deserializing user-controllable input. This could allow an attacker to cause a type confusion and execute arbitrary code within the affected application. This is the same issue that exists for .NET BinaryFormatter https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca2300.

VendorProductVersions

Siemens

SIMATIC PCS neo V4.0

affected
0 - < *

Siemens

SIMATIC STEP 7 V16

affected
0 - < *

Siemens

SIMATIC STEP 7 V17

affected
0 - < *

Siemens

SIMATIC STEP 7 V18

affected
0 - < V18 Update 2

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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