SB2018061503 - Privilege escalation in Siemens SCALANCE X, RUGGEDCOM WiMAX, RFID 181-EIP, and SIMATIC RF182C

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SB2018061503 - Privilege escalation in Siemens SCALANCE X, RUGGEDCOM WiMAX, RFID 181-EIP, and SIMATIC RF182C

Published: June 15, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018061503
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-4833)

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An adjacent attacker can send a specially crafted DHCP response to a client’s DHCP request and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References