CVE-2022-38773 is a medium-severity hardware vulnerability affecting Siemens devices, stemming from the absence of an Immutable Root of Trust. This flaw allows an attacker with physical access to replace the device's boot image and execute arbitrary code, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating a level of awareness despite its low EPSS score.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_drive_controller_cpu_1504d_tf_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_drive_controller_cpu_1507d_tf_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_s7-1500_cpu_1510sp_f-1_pn_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_s7-1500_cpu_1510sp-1_pn_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_s7-1500_cpu_1511-1_pn_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.