Security News > 2020 > September > Vulnerabilities in CodeMeter Licensing Product Expose ICS to Remote Attacks
Vulnerabilities affecting CodeMeter, a popular licensing and DRM solution made by Germany-based Wibu-Systems, can expose industrial systems to remote attacks, industrial cybersecurity company Claroty warned on Tuesday.
CodeMeter is designed to protect software against piracy and reverse engineering, it offers licensing management capabilities, and it includes security features that provide protection against tampering and other attacks.
CodeMeter is the successor of WibuKey, a DRM solution that in the past was found to expose industrial products from Siemens and other vendors to attacks due to the existence of potentially serious vulnerabilities.
Researchers at Claroty have discovered six vulnerabilities in CodeMeter, some of which could be exploited to launch attacks against industrial control systems, including to shut down devices or processes, deliver ransomware or other malware, or to execute further exploits.
In a different attack scenario, the experts achieved remote code execution by creating their own CodeMeter API and client, which enabled them to send commands to any device running CodeMeter.