CVE-2020-10053 — A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (All versio

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (All versions < V2.12). The affected application writes sensitive data, such as database credentials in configuration files. A local attacker with access to the configuration files could use this information

01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (All versions < V2.12). The affected application writes sensitive data, such as database credentials in configuration files. A local attacker with access to the configuration files could use this information to launch further attacks.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Siemens	SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager	All versions < V2.12

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2021-11-09T11:31:37.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T10:50:57.831Z

09References

• cert-portal.siemens.com — https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-145157.pdf