Siemens Polarion ALM default permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Siemens Polarion ALM. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes default permission. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-50236. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Siemens Polarion ALM (version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a default permission vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-276. During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability has been identified in Polarion ALM (All versions). The affected product is vulnerable due to weak file and folder permissions in the installation path. An attacker with local access could exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.

The weakness was released 02/13/2024 as ssa-871717. The advisory is shared at cert-portal.siemens.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-50236 since 12/05/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/18/2024). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1222 for this issue.

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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Class: Default permission
CWE: CWE-276 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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12/05/2023 🔍
02/13/2024 +70 days 🔍
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10/18/2024 +248 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: siemens.com

Advisory: ssa-871717
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-50236 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-50236
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-253561

Entryinfo

Created: 02/13/2024 15:14
Updated: 10/18/2024 20:18
Changes: 02/13/2024 15:14 (47), 10/18/2024 20:18 (25)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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Discussion

 bares8 (+1)
2 years ago
"An administrator can restrict the file and folder path permissions post installation" and a good software publisher could create a fix or a tutorial on how to actually set the right permissions. We will shutdown the server and let sales talk about it.

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