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Plain-English summary
CVE-2023-37375 affects Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation when it opens specially crafted SPP files. If a user opens a malicious file, the application could crash or run attacker-controlled code as that user. This is important for engineering and manufacturing teams that exchange simulation files with partners.
Executive priority
Prioritize remediation for engineering environments that exchange SPP files outside trusted teams. The business risk is code execution in a specialized manufacturing simulation workflow, with potential impact to sensitive design data, workstation integrity, and operational continuity.
Technical view
The issue is a stack-based buffer overflow in SPP file parsing in Tecnomatix Plant Simulation V2201 before V2201.0008 and V2302 before V2302.0002. CVSS 3.1 is 7.8 with local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to organizations running affected Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation versions and opening SPP files. Risk increases where simulation files come from vendors, customers, shared repositories, email, or other untrusted sources. This is not described as a remotely reachable network service issue.
Exploitation context
The source bundle reports no CISA KEV listing. The CVSS vector includes proof-of-concept exploit maturity, but the provided sources do not establish active exploitation. Exploitation requires convincing a user to open a specially crafted SPP file in an affected application.
Researcher notes
Validate only with safe version checks and file-handling review. The available sources identify the bug class, affected versions, fixed version thresholds, and user-interaction requirement, but do not provide deeper parser internals or indicators of compromise.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade V2201 installations to V2201.0008 or later.
- Upgrade V2302 installations to V2302.0002 or later.
- Check Siemens SSA-764801 for any additional vendor guidance.
- Limit opening SPP files from untrusted or unverified sources.
- Route externally received SPP files through normal security review.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Tecnomatix Plant Simulation installations and versions.
- Identify users or systems handling SPP files from external sources.
- Confirm V2201 is at least V2201.0008.
- Confirm V2302 is at least V2302.0002.
- Review endpoint telemetry for suspicious activity around SPP file opens.
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C1.85.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.8HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-764801.pdfCVE reference
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Stack-based Buffer Overflow
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