Siemens SCALANCE LPE9403 up to 3.x dropped privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Siemens SCALANCE LPE9403 up to 3.x. It has been declared as critical. This impacts an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to dropped privileges. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-27396. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Siemens SCALANCE LPE9403 up to 3.x. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a dropped privileges vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-273. The product attempts to drop privileges but does not check or incorrectly checks to see if the drop succeeded. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE LPE9403 (6GK5998-3GS00-2AC2) (All versions < V4.0). Affected devices do not properly limit the elevation of privileges required to perform certain valid functionality. This could allow an authenticated lowly-privileged remote attacker to escalate their privileges.

The advisory is available at cert-portal.siemens.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-27396 since 02/24/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/22/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 4.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.6

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VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Dropped privileges
CWE: CWE-273 / CWE-266
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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: SCALANCE LPE9403 4.0

Timelineinfo

02/24/2025 🔍
03/11/2025 +15 days 🔍
03/11/2025 +0 days 🔍
08/22/2025 +164 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: siemens.com

Advisory: ssa-075201
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-27396 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-27396
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-299242

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2025 11:18
Updated: 08/22/2025 22:55
Changes: 03/11/2025 11:18 (76), 08/22/2025 22:55 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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