Siemens SINUMERIK 828D/SINUMERIK 840D sl Configuration File access control

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A vulnerability was found in Siemens SINUMERIK 828D and SINUMERIK 840D sl (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation as part of a Configuration File leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability has been identified in SINUMERIK 808D V4.7 (All versions), SINUMERIK 808D V4.8 (All versions), SINUMERIK 828D V4.7 (All versions < V4.7 SP6 HF1), SINUMERIK 840D sl V4.7 (All versions < V4.7 SP6 HF5), SINUMERIK 840D sl V4.8 (All versions < V4.8 SP3). A local attacker could modify a user-writeable configuration file so that after reboot or manual initiation the system reloads the modified configuration file and attacker-controlled code is executed with elevated privileges. The security vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker with local access to the affected system. Successful exploitation requires user privileges but no user interaction. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to compromise confidentiality, integrity and availability of the system. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this security vulnerability was known.

The bug was discovered 12/12/2018. The weakness was released 12/12/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at cert-portal.siemens.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-11459 since 05/25/2018. Local access is required to approach this attack. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 106185†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-127884, VDB-127887, VDB-127888 and VDB-127889.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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05/25/2018 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: siemens.com

Advisory: ssa-170881
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-11459 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 106185 - Siemens SINUMERIK Controllers Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Created: 12/13/2018 08:49 AM
Updated: 06/18/2023 01:32 PM
Changes: 12/13/2018 08:49 AM (59), 04/20/2020 12:59 PM (4), 06/18/2023 01:32 PM (4)
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