VDB-253559 · CVE-2024-22042 · ssa-543502

Siemens Unicam FX API conhost.exe incorrect privileged apis

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Siemens Unicam FX. It has been classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the file conhost.exe of the component API. The manipulation leads to incorrect use of privileged apis. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-22042. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Siemens Unicam FX (unknown version). This issue affects an unknown code block of the file conhost.exe of the component API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a incorrect use of privileged apis vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-648. The product does not conform to the API requirements for a function call that requires extra privileges. This could allow attackers to gain privileges by causing the function to be called incorrectly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability has been identified in Unicam FX (All versions). The windows installer agent used in affected product contains incorrect use of privileged APIs that trigger the Windows Console Host (conhost.exe) as a child process with SYSTEM privileges. This could be exploited by an attacker to perform a local privilege escalation attack.

The weakness was shared 02/13/2024 as ssa-543502. It is possible to read the advisory at cert-portal.siemens.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-22042 since 01/04/2024. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/22/2024).

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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Productinfo

Vendor

Siemens

Name

Unicam FX

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.siemens.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.8
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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CNA Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Incorrect use of privileged apis
CWE: CWE-648
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/04/2024 🔍
02/13/2024 +40 days 🔍
02/13/2024 +0 days 🔍
10/22/2024 +252 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: siemens.com

Advisory: ssa-543502
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-22042 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-22042
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-253559

Entryinfo

Created: 02/13/2024 15:13
Updated: 10/22/2024 09:18
Changes: 02/13/2024 15:13 (48), 10/22/2024 09:18 (24)
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