Siemens SINEC INS up to 1.0 SP2 Update 2 os command injection

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Siemens SINEC INS up to 1.0 SP2 Update 2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes os command injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-46890. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Siemens SINEC INS up to 1.0 SP2 Update 2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC INS (All versions < V1.0 SP2 Update 3). The affected application does not properly validate input sent to specific endpoints of its web API. This could allow an authenticated remote attacker with high privileges on the application to execute arbitrary code on the underlying OS.

It is possible to read the advisory at cert-portal.siemens.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-46890 since 09/12/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. 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 11/14/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying the patch 1.0 SP2 Update 3 is able to eliminate this problem.

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• Siemens

Name

• SINEC INS

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• 1.0 SP2 Update 2

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.siemens.com/

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