# Execution with unnecessary privileges in Siemens SIMATIC BATCH V9.1 and others

CVE record · `CVE-2024-35783`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2024-35783`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 9.4 Critical
- **Critical:** Yes: CVSS 9+
- **CNA:** siemens
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-250](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/250.html)
- **Tags:** [Privilege escalation](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/privilege-escalation.md)
- **Technologies:** [Siemens SIMATIC BATCH V9.1](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-batch-v9-1.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC Information Server 2020](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-information-server-2020.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC Information Server 2022](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-information-server-2022.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.1](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-pcs-7-v9-1.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC Process Historian 2020](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-process-historian-2020.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC Process Historian 2022](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-process-historian-2022.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V18](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-wincc-runtime-professional-v18.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V19](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-wincc-runtime-professional-v19.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC WinCC V7.4](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-wincc-v7-4.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC WinCC V7.5](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-wincc-v7-5.md) · [Siemens SIMATIC WinCC V8.0](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/siemens-simatic-wincc-v8-0.md)
- **Published:** 10 Sept 2024
- **Updated:** 14 Jan 2025
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: siemens) at 10 Sept 2024, 09:36 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Critical

Critical, because:

- CVSS score 9.4: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC BATCH V9.1.
  - affected: `before *` (custom)
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC Information Server 2020.
  - affected: `before V2020 SP2 Update 5` (custom)
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC Information Server 2022.
  - affected: `before V2022 SP1 Update 2` (custom)
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.1.
  - affected: `before V9.1 SP2 UC06` (custom)
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC Process Historian 2020.
  - affected: `before V2020 SP2 Update 5` (custom)
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC Process Historian 2022.
  - affected: `before V2022 SP1 Update 2` (custom)
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V18.
  - affected: `before V18 Update 5` (custom)
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V19.
  - affected: `before V19 Update 3` (custom)
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC WinCC V7.4.
  - affected: `before *` (custom)
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC WinCC V7.5.
  - affected: `before V7.5 SP2 Update 18` (custom)
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: Siemens. Product: SIMATIC WinCC V8.0.
  - affected: `before V8.0 Update 5` (custom)
  - Other versions: unknown

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 9.1 Critical, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C`, from CNA (siemens)
- 9.4 Critical, CVSS 4.0: `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H`, from CNA (siemens) (used for this record)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0061, the 49th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 10 Sept 2024. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2024-35783](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-35783)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-35783](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35783)

### References from the CNA

- <https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-629254.html>

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