Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Teamcenter - CVE-2021-40354
Published: September 17, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU56675
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-40354
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Siemens
Affected software:
Teamcenter
Teamcenter
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in the "surrogate" functionality, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-40354
Install updates from vendor's website.