# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2020-7581"
idYear: 2020
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2020-07-14T13:18:05.000Z"
updatedAt: "2024-08-04T09:33:19.617Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:21.187Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2020-7581"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2020-7581.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7581"
title: null
summary: "A vulnerability has been identified in Opcenter Execution Discrete (All versions \u003c V3.2), Opcenter Execution Foundation (All versions \u003c V3.2), Opcenter Execution Process (All versions \u003c V3.2), Opcenter Intelligence (All versions \u003c V3.3), Opcenter Quality (All versions \u003c V11.3), Opcenter RD&L (V8.0), SIMATIC Notifier Server for Windows (All versions), SIMATIC PCS neo (All versions \u003c V3.0 SP1), SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V15 (All versions \u003c V15.1 Update 5), SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V16 (All versions \u003c V16 Update 2), SIMOCODE ES V15.1 (All versions \u003c V15.1 Update 4), SIMOCODE ES V16 (All versions \u003c V16 Update 1), Soft Starter ES V15.1 (All versions \u003c V15.1 Update 3), Soft Starter ES V16 (All versions \u003c V16 Update 1). A component within the affected application calls a helper binary with SYSTEM privileges during startup while the call path is not quoted. This could allow a local attacker with administrative privileges to execute code with SYSTEM level privileges."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"All versions \u003c V3.2","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Siemens","product":"Opcenter Execution Discrete"},{"versions":[{"version":"All versions \u003c V3.2","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Siemens","product":"Opcenter Execution Foundation"},{"versions":[{"version":"All versions \u003c V3.2","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Siemens","product":"Opcenter Execution Process"},{"versions":[{"version":"All versions \u003c V3.3","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Siemens","product":"Opcenter Intelligence"},{"versions":[{"version":"All versions \u003c V11.3","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Siemens","product":"Opcenter Quality"},{"versions":[{"version":"V8.0","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Siemens","product":"Opcenter RD&L"},{"versions":[{"version":"All versions","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Siemens","product":"SIMATIC Notifier Server for Windows"},{"versions":[{"version":"All versions \u003c V3.0 SP1","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Siemens","product":"SIMATIC PCS neo"},{"versions":[{"version":"All versions \u003c V15.1 Update 5","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Siemens","product":"SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V15"},{"versions":[{"version":"All versions \u003c V16 Update 2","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Siemens","product":"SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V16"},{"versions":[{"version":"All versions \u003c V15.1 Update 4","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Siemens","product":"SIMOCODE ES V15.1"},{"versions":[{"version":"All versions \u003c V16 Update 1","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Siemens","product":"SIMOCODE ES V16"},{"versions":[{"version":"All versions \u003c V15.1 Update 3","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Siemens","product":"Soft Starter ES V15.1"},{"versions":[{"version":"All versions \u003c V16 Update 1","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Siemens","product":"Soft Starter ES V16"}]

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