SQL injection in Siemens Automation License Manager - CVE-2016-8564
Published: October 14, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU982
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8564
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated user to execute SQL commands on the target system.
The weakness is due to improper input validation. By supplying a specially crafted parameter value to TCP port 4410 atackers can execute SQL commands on the database that allows to access configuration settings.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in SQL commands execution on the vulnerable system.
The weakness is due to improper input validation. By supplying a specially crafted parameter value to TCP port 4410 atackers can execute SQL commands on the database that allows to access configuration settings.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in SQL commands execution on the vulnerable system.
Affected software
Siemens Automation License Manager
How to mitigate CVE-2016-8564
Install version 5.3 SP3 Update 1.