Improper privilege management in ROX II - CVE-2018-13802

 

Improper privilege management in ROX II - CVE-2018-13802

Published: October 10, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15300
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-13802
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Siemens
Affected software:
ROX II

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote high-privileged attacker to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management. A remote attacker with a high-privileged user account access via SSH interface in on Port 22/TCP can circumvent restrictions and execute arbitrary operating system commands.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-13802

Update to version 2.12.1.

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