Siemens License Management Utility up to 2.3 lmgrd unnecessary privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Siemens License Management Utility up to 2.3. This impacts an unknown function of the component lmgrd. This manipulation causes unnecessary privileges. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-10056. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Siemens License Management Utility up to 2.3. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component lmgrd. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unnecessary privileges vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-250. The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability has been identified in License Management Utility (LMU) (All versions < V2.4). The lmgrd service of the affected application is executed with local SYSTEM privileges on the server while its configuration can be modified by local users. The vulnerability could allow a local authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the server with local SYSTEM privileges.

The weakness was released 09/09/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at cert-portal.siemens.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-10056 since 03/04/2020. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation needs a single 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 to version 2.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Unnecessary privileges
CWE: CWE-250
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: License Management Utility 2.4

Timelineinfo

03/04/2020 🔍
09/09/2020 +189 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: siemens.com

Advisory: cert-portal.siemens.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-10056 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-10056
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-161071

Entryinfo

Created: 09/10/2020 07:01
Updated: 09/10/2020 07:06
Changes: 09/10/2020 07:01 (39), 09/10/2020 07:06 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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