Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in SIMATIC Ident MV440 and SIMATIC Ident MV420 - CVE-2019-10925

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in SIMATIC Ident MV440 and SIMATIC Ident MV420 - CVE-2019-10925

Published: June 18, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU18818
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10925
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Siemens
Affected software:
SIMATIC Ident MV440
SIMATIC Ident MV420

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a flaw in the integrated webserver. A remote authenticated attacker can escalate privileges by sending specially crafted requests to the integrated webserver.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-10925

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vendor's recommendation:
  • By setting the DISA bit, changes to the project by logged-in users can be prevented
  •   Protect network access to affected devices.

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