CVE-2022-43517

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.002 · 11 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.21% (11th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cisa_csaf_ot · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability has been identified in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ (All versions < V2306). The affected application improperly assigns file permissions to installation folders. This could allow a local attacker with an unprivileged account to override or modify the service executables and subsequently gain elevated privileges.

remediations

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

A vendor fix is available.

FixedSimcenter STAR-CCM+siemens_psirt
Update to V2306 or later version
https://support.sw.siemens.com/en-US/product/226870983/
FixedSimcenter STAR-CCM+cisa_csaf_ot
Update to V2306 or later version
https://support.sw.siemens.com/en-US/product/226870983/
MitigationSimcenter STAR-CCM+siemens_psirt
Remove write permissions for non-administrative users on files and folders located under the installation path
MitigationSimcenter STAR-CCM+cisa_csaf_ot
Remove write permissions for non-administrative users on files and folders located under the installation path

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

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

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · CISA US

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · productcert@siemens.com DEexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · Siemens ProductCERT DE

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)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-732USprimaryCWE-732USCWE-732US

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Simcenter STAR-CCM+all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Siemens Simcenter STAR-CCM+< V2306cisa_csaf_otUS
Siemens Simcenter STAR-CCM+All versions → V2306enisa_euvdEU
siemens star-ccm+all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:siemens:star-ccm\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Siemens Simcenter STAR-CCM+≤ vers:all/<V2306siemens_psirtDE

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

SSA-930100SSA-930100: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Simcenter STAR-CCM+2022-12-13csaf · siemens_psirtDE
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ contains a privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow a local attacker with an unprivileged account to override or modify the service executable and subsequently gain elevated privileges. Siemens has released an update for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ and recommends to update to the latest version.
ICSA-22-349-07Siemens Simcenter STAR-CCM+2022-12-13icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ contains a privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow a local attacker with an unprivileged account to override or modify the service executable and subsequently gain elevated privileges. Siemens has released an update for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ and recommends to update to the latest version.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cisa_csaf_ot nvd siemens_psirt NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-12-13modified 2026-06-17

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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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