Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-42029 - Unspecified vulnerability in Siemens Simatic Step 7
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V15 (All versions), SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V16 (All versions < V16 Update 5), SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V17 (All versions < V17 Update 2). An attacker could achieve privilege escalation on the web server of certain devices due to improper access control vulnerability in the engineering system software. The attacker needs to have direct access to the impacted web server.