Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP BIOS Incorrect Default Permissions (CVE-2021-20269)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 502991

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

A flaw was found in the permissions of a log file created by kexec- tools. This flaw allows a local unprivileged user to read this file and leak kernel internal information from a previous panic. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality. This flaw affects kexec-tools shipped by Fedora versions prior to 2.0.21-8 and RHEL versions prior to 2.0.20-47.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-831302.pdf

https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109945851/

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-166-10

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 502991

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/25/2025

Updated: 2/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_s7-1500_tm_mfp

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20269

CWE: 276

ICSA: 23-166-10