A vulnerability has been identified in Opcenter Execution Discrete (All versions < V3.2), Opcenter Execution Foundation (All versions < V3.2), Opcenter Execution Process (All versions < V3.2), Opcenter Intelligence (All versions), Opcenter Quality (All versions < V11.3), Opcenter RD&L (V8.0), SIMATIC Notifier Server for Windows (All versions), SIMATIC PCS neo (All versions), SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V15 (All versions), SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V16 (All versions < V16 Update 2), SIMOCODE ES (All versions), Soft Starter ES (All versions). A component within the affected application calls a helper binary with SYSTEM privileges during startup while the call path is not quoted.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7581
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-841348.pdf