Siemens SENTRON 7KT PAC1260 Data Manager SSH Service hard-coded credentials

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Siemens SENTRON 7KT PAC1260 Data Manager. This impacts an unknown function of the component SSH Service. The manipulation leads to hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-41794. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Siemens SENTRON 7KT PAC1260 Data Manager (version now known). It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component SSH Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability has been identified in SENTRON 7KT PAC1260 Data Manager (All versions). Affected devices contain hardcoded credentials for remote access to the device operating system with root privileges. This could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to gain full access to a device, if they are in possession of these credentials and if the ssh service is enabled (e.g., by exploitation of CVE-2024-41793).

The advisory is shared at cert-portal.siemens.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-41794 since 07/22/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 09/24/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1110.001 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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• Siemens

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• SENTRON 7KT PAC1260 Data Manager

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.siemens.com/

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