Simatic S7 1500 Firmware
CVE-2018-4843
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Input validation, allowlisting
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| Impact | CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: adjacent network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system. |
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A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 414-3 PN/DP V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 414F-3 PN/DP V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 416-3 PN/DP V7 (All. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-20. A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 414-3 PN/DP V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 414F-3 PN/DP V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 416-3 PN/DP V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 416F-3 PN/DP V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), SIMATIC CP 343-1 (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions), SIMATIC CP 343-1 Advanced (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions), SIMATIC CP 443-1 (All versions < V3.3), SIMATIC CP 443-1 (All versions < V3.3), SIMATIC CP 443-1 Advanced (All versions < V3.3), SIMATIC ET 200pro IM154-8 PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC ET 200pro IM154-8F PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC ET 200pro IM154-8FX PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC ET 200S IM151-8 PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC ET 200S IM151-8F PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU family (incl. related ET200 CPUs and SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V1.7.0), SIMATIC S7-1500 Software Controller (All versions < V1.7.0), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 314C-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.3.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 315-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 315F-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 315T-3 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 317-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 317F-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 317T-3 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 317TF-3 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 319-3 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 319F-3 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 412-2 PN V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), SIMATIC S7-400 H V6 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V6.0.9), SIMATIC S7-400 PN/DP V6 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V6.0.7), SIMATIC S7-410 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V8.1), SIMATIC WinAC RTX 2010 (All versions < V2010 SP3), SIMATIC WinAC RTX F 2010 (All versions < V2010 SP3), SINUMERIK 828D (All versions < V4.7 SP6 HF1), SIPLUS ET 200S IM151-8 PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.2.16), SIPLUS ET 200S IM151-8F PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.2.16), SIPLUS NET CP 443-1 (All versions < V3.3), SIPLUS NET CP 443-1 Advanced (All versions < V3.3), SIPLUS S7-300 CPU 314C-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.3.16), SIPLUS S7-300 CPU 315-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIPLUS S7-300 CPU 315F-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIPLUS S7-300 CPU 317-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIPLUS S7-300 CPU 317F-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIPLUS S7-400 CPU 414-3 PN/DP V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), SIPLUS S7-400 CPU 416-3 PN/DP V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), Softnet PROFINET IO for PC-based Windows systems (All versions). Responding to a PROFINET DCP request with a specially crafted PROFINET DCP packet could cause a denial of service condition of the requesting system. The security vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker located on the same Ethernet segment (OSI Layer 2) as the targeted device. A manual restart is required to recover the system. Affected products include: Siemens Simatic Cp 343-1 Firmware, Siemens Simatic Cp 443-1 Firmware, Siemens Simatic S7-1500 Firmware, Siemens Simatic S7-300 Firmware, Siemens Simatic S7-400 H V6 Firmware.
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AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Primary rating from Vendor (siemens) · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorVendor: siemens
DescriptionCVE.org
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 414-3 PN/DP V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 414F-3 PN/DP V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 416-3 PN/DP V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 416F-3 PN/DP V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), SIMATIC CP 343-1 (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions), SIMATIC CP 343-1 Advanced (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions), SIMATIC CP 443-1 (All versions < V3.3), SIMATIC CP 443-1 (All versions < V3.3), SIMATIC CP 443-1 Advanced (All versions < V3.3), SIMATIC ET 200pro IM154-8 PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC ET 200pro IM154-8F PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC ET 200pro IM154-8FX PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC ET 200S IM151-8 PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC ET 200S IM151-8F PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU family (incl. related ET200 CPUs and SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V1.7.0), SIMATIC S7-1500 Software Controller (All versions < V1.7.0), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 314C-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.3.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 315-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 315F-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 315T-3 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 317-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 317F-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 317T-3 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 317TF-3 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 319-3 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 319F-3 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIMATIC S7-400 CPU 412-2 PN V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), SIMATIC S7-400 H V6 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V6.0.9), SIMATIC S7-400 PN/DP V6 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V6.0.7), SIMATIC S7-410 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V8.1), SIMATIC WinAC RTX 2010 (All versions < V2010 SP3), SIMATIC WinAC RTX F 2010 (All versions < V2010 SP3), SINUMERIK 828D (All versions < V4.7 SP6 HF1), SIPLUS ET 200S IM151-8 PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.2.16), SIPLUS ET 200S IM151-8F PN/DP CPU (All versions < V3.2.16), SIPLUS NET CP 443-1 (All versions < V3.3), SIPLUS NET CP 443-1 Advanced (All versions < V3.3), SIPLUS S7-300 CPU 314C-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.3.16), SIPLUS S7-300 CPU 315-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIPLUS S7-300 CPU 315F-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIPLUS S7-300 CPU 317-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIPLUS S7-300 CPU 317F-2 PN/DP (All versions < V3.2.16), SIPLUS S7-400 CPU 414-3 PN/DP V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), SIPLUS S7-400 CPU 416-3 PN/DP V7 (All versions < V7.0.3), Softnet PROFINET IO for PC-based Windows systems (All versions). Responding to a PROFINET DCP request with a specially crafted PROFINET DCP packet could cause a denial of service condition of the requesting system.
The security vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker located on the same Ethernet segment (OSI Layer 2) as the targeted device. A manual restart is required to recover the system.
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