Incorrect authorization in Siemens Siveillance Control

1) Incorrect authorization

EUVDB-ID: #VU87480

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-45793

CWE-ID: CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to bypass authorization checks.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected product does not properly check the list of access groups that are assigned to an individual user. A local user can gain write privileges for objects where they only have read privileges.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Siveillance Control: 2.8

External links

http://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-145196.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.