Privilege escalation in Siemens products - CVE-2018-11462

 

Privilege escalation in Siemens products - CVE-2018-11462

Published: December 12, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16509
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11462
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper privileges and access controls. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted authentication request and gain elevated privileges.


Affected software

SINUMERIK 808D
SINUMERIK 840D
SINUMERIK 828D

How to mitigate CVE-2018-11462

Update SINUMERIK 828D to version 4.7 SP6 HF1.
Update SINUMERIK 840D to version 4.7 SP6 HF5 or 4.8 SP3.

SINUMERIK 828D - update to 4.7 SP6 HF1
SINUMERIK 840D - addressed in versions 4.7 SP6 HF5, 4.8 SP3

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