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.
Published: 2024-07-09
Score: 8.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-48060 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.
History

Thu, 01 May 2025 04:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Siemens
Siemens simatic Pcs Neo
Siemens simatic Step 7
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_pcs_neo:4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:siemens:simatic_step_7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Siemens
Siemens simatic Pcs Neo
Siemens simatic Step 7
Metrics ssvc

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Subscriptions

Siemens Simatic Pcs Neo Simatic Step 7
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: siemens

Published:

Updated: 2025-08-27T20:32:52.249Z

Reserved: 2022-11-11T08:33:16.611Z

Link: CVE-2022-45147

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:09:56.615Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-07-09T12:15:08.830

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2022-45147

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Weaknesses