CVE-2020-10051
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.003 · 26 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (All versions < V2.10.2). Multiple services of the affected application are executed with SYSTEM privileges while the call path is not quoted. This could allow a local attacker to inject arbitrary commands that are execeuted instead of the legitimate service.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- FixedSIMATIC RTLS Locating Managercisa_csaf_ot
Update to V2.10.2
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109781166 - MitigationSIMATIC RTLS Locating Managercisa_csaf_ot
Apply security hardening of the Windows Server, where the RTLS Locating Manager is installed on, in accordance with your corporate security policies or up-to-date hardening guidelines
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (4)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- siemens simatic rtls locating manager< 2.10.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_rtls_locating_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- ICSA-20-252-01Siemens SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager2020-09-08icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
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.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (8)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/50588cnnvd
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-251935.pdfcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10051cnnvd
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-252-01cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Siemens-SIMATIC-RTLS-Locating-Manager-privilege-escalation-33284cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.3078/cnnvd
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-251935.pdfenisa_euvd
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-251935.pdfVendor Advisorynvd
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