VDB-308624 · CVE-2025-40574 · ssa-327438

Siemens SCALANCE LPE9403 Backupmanager Service permission assignment

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Siemens SCALANCE LPE9403. This affects an unknown function of the component Backupmanager Service. Such manipulation leads to permission assignment. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-40574. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Siemens SCALANCE LPE9403 (affected version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Backupmanager Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission assignment vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-732. The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE LPE9403 (6GK5998-3GS00-2AC2) (All versions). Affected devices do not properly assign permissions to critical ressources. This could allow a non-privileged local attacker to interact with the backupmanager service.

The advisory is shared for download at cert-portal.siemens.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-40574 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 07/08/2025).

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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Productinfo

Vendor

Siemens

Name

SCALANCE LPE9403

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.siemens.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.8
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CNA Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission assignment
CWE: CWE-732 / CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/16/2025 🔍
05/13/2025 +27 days 🔍
05/13/2025 +0 days 🔍
07/08/2025 +56 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: siemens.com

Advisory: ssa-327438
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-40574 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-40574
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-308624

Entryinfo

Created: 05/13/2025 13:20
Updated: 07/08/2025 14:39
Changes: 05/13/2025 13:20 (73), 07/08/2025 14:39 (1)
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