Siemens TD Keypad Designer DLL uncontrolled search path

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A vulnerability was found in Siemens TD Keypad Designer and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component DLL Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to uncontrolled search path. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-13806. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Siemens TD Keypad Designer (the affected version is unknown). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component DLL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a uncontrolled search path vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-427. The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability has been identified in SIEMENS TD Keypad Designer (All versions). A DLL hijacking vulnerability exists in all versions of SIEMENS TD Keypad Designer which could allow an attacker to execute code with the permission of the user running TD Designer. The attacker must have write access to the directory containing the TD project file in order to exploit the vulnerability. A legitimate user with higher privileges than the attacker must open the TD project in order for this vulnerability to be exploited. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this security vulnerability was known.

The bug was discovered 09/11/2018. The weakness was released 09/12/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at cert-portal.siemens.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-13806 since 07/10/2018. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/16/2023). This vulnerability is assigned to T1574 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Siemens

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• TD Keypad Designer

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.siemens.com/

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