CVE-2020-7583

mediumpriority · track · 31OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 19 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.27% (19th) EPSS
CVSS 4.6 · medium
Is it mine?
7 products
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Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cisa_csaf_ot · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability has been identified in Automation License Manager 5 (All versions), Automation License Manager 6 (All versions < V6.0.8). The application does not properly validate the users' privileges when executing some operations, which could allow a user with low permissions to arbitrary modify files that should be protected against writing.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

  • FixedAutomation License Manager 6cisa_csaf_ot

    Update to V6.0.8 or later version

  • MitigationAutomation License Manager 5cisa_csaf_ot

    Disable access to drives which have licenses installed, for non administrator users

  • MitigationAutomation License Manager 6cisa_csaf_ot

    Disable access to drives which have licenses installed, for non administrator users

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.6–7.8

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · CISA US
v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-863USprimaryCWE-285USCWE-285US
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affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • ICSA-20-224-07Siemens Automation License Manager2020-08-11icsa · 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.

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also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdcisa_csaf_otnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2020-08-14modified 2026-06-17
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references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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