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  "document": {
    "acknowledgments": [
      {
        "organization": "Siemens",
        "summary": "reporting this vulnerability to CISA"
      }
    ],
    "category": "csaf_security_advisory",
    "csaf_version": "2.0",
    "distribution": {
      "text": "Disclosure is not limited",
      "tlp": {
        "label": "WHITE",
        "url": "https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/"
      }
    },
    "lang": "en-US",
    "notes": [
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "This CSAF advisory was extracted from unstructured data and may contain inaccuracies. If you notice any errors, please reach out to the designated contact at CISA CSAF: central@cisa.dhs.gov",
        "title": "CISA Disclaimer"
      },
      {
        "category": "legal_disclaimer",
        "text": "All information products included in https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics are provided \"as is\" for informational purposes only. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not provide any warranties of any kind regarding any information contained within. DHS does not endorse any commercial product or service, referenced in this product or otherwise. Further dissemination of this product is governed by the Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) marking in the header. For more information about TLP, see https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/.",
        "title": "Legal Notice"
      },
      {
        "category": "summary",
        "text": "Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an authenticated remote attacker to inject arbitrary parameters when starting the Ultralight Client via the web interface.",
        "title": "Risk evaluation"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": " Critical Manufacturing",
        "title": "Critical infrastructure sectors"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": " Worldwide",
        "title": "Countries/areas deployed"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": " Germany",
        "title": "Company headquarters location"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. Specifically, users should:",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.\nCISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov. Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov in the Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.\nOrganizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "For further inquiries on security vulnerabilities in Siemens products and solutions, please contact the Siemens ProductCERT: https://www.siemens.com/cert/advisories",
        "title": "Additional Resources"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability.",
        "title": "Exploitability"
      }
    ],
    "publisher": {
      "category": "coordinator",
      "contact_details": "Email: CISAservicedesk@cisa.dhs.gov;\n Toll Free: 1-888-282-0870",
      "name": "CISA",
      "namespace": "https://www.cisa.gov/"
    },
    "references": [
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "SSA-547714: Argument Injection Vulnerability in SIMATIC WinCC OA Ultralight Client - CSAF Version",
        "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/csaf/ssa-547714.json"
      },
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-22-349-06 JSON",
        "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2022/icsa-22-349-06.json"
      },
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-22-349-06 Web Version",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-22-349-06"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-10-301-01"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/tips/ICS-TIP-12-146-01B"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "SSA-547714: Argument Injection Vulnerability in SIMATIC WinCC OA Ultralight Client - PDF Version",
        "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-547714.pdf"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "SSA-547714: Argument Injection Vulnerability in SIMATIC WinCC OA Ultralight Client - TXT Version",
        "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/txt/ssa-547714.txt"
      }
    ],
    "title": "Siemens SIMATIC WinCC OA Ultralight Client",
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          "date": "2022-12-15T00:00:00.000000Z",
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                "name": "\u003c V3.15 P038",
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            "name": "SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.15"
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              }
            ],
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            "name": "SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.16"
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          {
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            "category": "product_name",
            "name": "SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.17"
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      "cve": "CVE-2022-44731",
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        "id": "CWE-88",
        "name": "Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command (\u0027Argument Injection\u0027)"
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          "category": "summary",
          "text": "The affected component allows to inject custom arguments to the Ultralight Client backend application under certain circumstances.\r\n\r\nThis could allow an authenticated remote attacker to inject arbitrary parameters when starting the client via the web interface (e.g., open attacker chosen panels with the attacker\u0027s credentials or start a Ctrl script).",
          "title": "Summary"
        }
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          "category": "external",
          "summary": "web.nvd.nist.gov",
          "url": "http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2022-44731"
        },
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "www.first.org",
          "url": "https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
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          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Configure user permissions and access management according to the WinCC OA Security Guideline: \nhttps://www.winccoa.com/documentation/WinCCOA/3.18/en_US/UserAdmin/security.html",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
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        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Update to V3.15 P038 or later version",
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          ],
          "url": "https://www.winccoa.com/downloads/category/versions-patches.html"
        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Update to V3.16 P035 or later version",
          "product_ids": [
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          ],
          "url": "https://www.winccoa.com/downloads/category/versions-patches.html"
        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Update to V3.17 P024 or later version",
          "product_ids": [
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          ],
          "url": "https://www.winccoa.com/downloads/category/versions-patches.html"
        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Update to V3.18 P014 or later version",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0004"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.winccoa.com/downloads/category/versions-patches.html"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "As a general security measure, Siemens strongly recommends to protect network access to devices with appropriate mechanisms. In order to operate the devices in a protected IT environment, Siemens recommends to configure the environment according to Siemens\u0027 operational guidelines for Industrial Security (Download: \nhttps://www.siemens.com/cert/operational-guidelines-industrial-security), and to follow the recommendations in the product manuals.\nAdditional information on Industrial Security by Siemens can be found at: https://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
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            "CSAFPID-0004"
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            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C",
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          },
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            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003",
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        }
      ],
      "title": "CVE-2022-44731"
    }
  ]
}