Siemens SINUMERIK 828D/SINUMERIK 840D sl VNC Server access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Siemens SINUMERIK 828D and SINUMERIK 840D sl. Impacted is an unknown function of the component VNC Server. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-11464. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Siemens SINUMERIK 828D and SINUMERIK 840D sl (affected version unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component VNC Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability has been identified in 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). The integrated VNC server on port 5900/tcp of the affected products could allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service condition of the VNC server. Please note that this vulnerability is only exploitable if port 5900/tcp is manually opened in the firewall configuration of network port X130. The security vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker with network access to the affected devices and port. Successful exploitation requires no privileges and no user interaction. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to compromise availability of the VNC server. 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). It is possible to read the advisory at cert-portal.siemens.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-11464 since 05/25/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.Proper firewalling of tcp/5900 is able to address this issue. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 106185†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-127884, VDB-127886, VDB-127887 and VDB-127888. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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05/25/2018 🔍
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06/18/2023 +1648 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: siemens.com

Advisory: ssa-170881
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-11464 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-11464
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-127891
SecurityFocus: 106185 - Siemens SINUMERIK Controllers Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/13/2018 08:53
Updated: 06/18/2023 14:00
Changes: 12/13/2018 08:53 (59), 04/20/2020 14:33 (4), 06/18/2023 14:00 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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