Authentication bypass in SiPass - CVE-2017-9939

 

Authentication bypass in SiPass - CVE-2017-9939

Published: July 13, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7491
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9939
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Siemens
Affected software:
SiPass

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper authentication. An attacker with network access to the SiPass integrated server can bypass the authentication mechanism and perform administrative operations.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in access to the system.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-9939

Update to version 2.70.

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