Siemens SINEC Security Monitor prior 4.9.0 argument injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Siemens SINEC Security Monitor. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to argument injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-47553. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Siemens SINEC Security Monitor. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a argument injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-88. The product constructs a string for a command to be executed by a separate component in another control sphere, but it does not properly delimit the intended arguments, options, or switches within that command string. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC Security Monitor (All versions < V4.9.0). The affected application does not properly validate user input to the ```ssmctl-client``` command. This could allow an authenticated, lowly privileged remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the underlying OS.

It is possible to read the advisory at cert-portal.siemens.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-47553 since 09/26/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/10/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 4.9.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.4

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VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
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NVD Base Score: 9.9
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CNA Base Score: 9.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Argument injection
CWE: CWE-88 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: SINEC Security Monitor 4.9.0

Timelineinfo

09/26/2024 🔍
10/08/2024 +12 days 🔍
10/08/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/10/2026 +518 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: siemens.com

Advisory: ssa-430425
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-47553 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-47553
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-279587

Entryinfo

Created: 10/08/2024 11:45
Updated: 03/10/2026 23:00
Changes: 10/08/2024 11:45 (75), 10/12/2024 09:10 (12), 03/10/2026 23:00 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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