ssa-331739

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  "document": {
    "category": "csaf_security_advisory",
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    "distribution": {
      "text": "Disclosure is not limited. (TLPv2: TLP:CLEAR)",
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    "lang": "en",
    "notes": [
      {
        "category": "summary",
        "text": "WIBU Systems published information about a privilege escalation vulnerability under a certain circumstances and associated fix releases of CodeMeter Runtime, a product provided by WIBU Systems and used in several Siemens industrial products.\n\nSiemens has released new versions for the affected products and recommends to update to the latest versions.",
        "title": "Summary"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "As a general security measure, Siemens strongly recommends to protect network access to devices with appropriate mechanisms. In order to operate the devices in a protected IT environment, Siemens recommends to configure the environment according to Siemens' operational guidelines for Industrial Security (Download: https://www.siemens.com/cert/operational-guidelines-industrial-security), and to follow the recommendations in the product manuals.\nAdditional information on Industrial Security by Siemens can be found at: https://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity",
        "title": "General Recommendations"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "For further inquiries on security vulnerabilities in Siemens products and solutions, please contact the Siemens ProductCERT: https://www.siemens.com/cert/advisories",
        "title": "Additional Resources"
      },
      {
        "category": "legal_disclaimer",
        "text": "The use of Siemens Security Advisories is subject to the terms and conditions listed on: https://www.siemens.com/productcert/terms-of-use.",
        "title": "Terms of Use"
      }
    ],
    "publisher": {
      "category": "vendor",
      "contact_details": "productcert@siemens.com",
      "name": "Siemens ProductCERT",
      "namespace": "https://www.siemens.com"
    },
    "references": [
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "SSA-331739: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in WIBU CodeMeter Runtime Affecting Siemens Products - HTML Version",
        "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-331739.html"
      },
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "SSA-331739: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in WIBU CodeMeter Runtime Affecting Siemens Products - CSAF Version",
        "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/csaf/ssa-331739.json"
      }
    ],
    "title": "SSA-331739: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in WIBU CodeMeter Runtime Affecting Siemens Products",
    "tracking": {
      "current_release_date": "2026-09-08T00:00:00.000Z",
      "generator": {
        "engine": {
          "name": "Siemens ProductCERT CSAF Generator",
          "version": "1"
        }
      },
      "id": "SSA-331739",
      "initial_release_date": "2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z",
      "revision_history": [
        {
          "date": "2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z",
          "legacy_version": "1.0",
          "number": "1",
          "summary": "Publication Date"
        },
        {
          "date": "2025-09-09T00:00:00.000Z",
          "legacy_version": "1.1",
          "number": "2",
          "summary": "Removed Simatic Information Server and Simatic Process Historian as they are not affected."
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-08T00:00:00.000Z",
          "legacy_version": "1.2",
          "number": "3",
          "summary": "Added fix for SIMATIC PDM Maintenance Station V5.0"
        }
      ],
      "status": "interim",
      "version": "3"
    }
  },
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          {
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                "category": "product_version_range",
                "name": "vers:intdot/<5.0.2",
                "product": {
                  "name": "SIMATIC PDM Maintenance Station V5.0 < V5.0.2",
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                }
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            "category": "product_name",
            "name": "SIMATIC PDM Maintenance Station V5.0"
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          {
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              {
                "category": "product_version_range",
                "name": "vers:intdot/<3.18.032",
                "product": {
                  "name": "SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.18 < V3.18.032",
                  "product_id": "2"
                }
              }
            ],
            "category": "product_name",
            "name": "SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.18"
          },
          {
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              {
                "category": "product_version_range",
                "name": "vers:intdot/<3.19.020",
                "product": {
                  "name": "SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.19 < V3.19.020",
                  "product_id": "3"
                }
              }
            ],
            "category": "product_name",
            "name": "SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.19"
          },
          {
            "branches": [
              {
                "category": "product_version_range",
                "name": "vers:intdot/<3.20.008",
                "product": {
                  "name": "SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.20 < V3.20.008",
                  "product_id": "4"
                }
              }
            ],
            "category": "product_name",
            "name": "SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.20"
          }
        ],
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      }
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  },
  "vulnerabilities": [
    {
      "cve": "CVE-2025-47809",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-272",
        "name": "Least Privilege Violation"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "description",
          "text": "Wibu CodeMeter before 8.30a sometimes allows privilege escalation immediately after installation (before a logoff or reboot). For exploitation, there must have been an unprivileged installation with UAC, and the CodeMeter Control Center component must be installed, and the CodeMeter Control Center component must not have been restarted. In this scenario, the local user can navigate from Import License to a privileged instance of Windows Explorer.",
          "title": "CVE Description"
        }
      ],
      "product_status": {
        "known_affected": [
          "1",
          "2",
          "3",
          "4"
        ]
      },
      "remediations": [
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Update to V3.18 P032 or later version",
          "product_ids": [
            "2"
          ],
          "url": "https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109994004/"
        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Update to V3.19 P020 or later version",
          "product_ids": [
            "3"
          ],
          "url": "https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109989640/"
        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Update to V3.20 P008 or later version",
          "product_ids": [
            "4"
          ],
          "url": "https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109990967/"
        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Update to V5.0 SP2 or later version",
          "product_ids": [
            "1"
          ],
          "url": "https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/110004810/"
        }
      ],
      "scores": [
        {
          "cvss_v3": {
            "baseScore": 8.2,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.1"
          },
          "products": [
            "1",
            "2",
            "3",
            "4"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "title": "CVE-2025-47809"
    }
  ]
}