Siemens SCALANCE LPE9403 Restore Backup path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Siemens SCALANCE LPE9403. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Restore Backup Handler. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-40573. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Siemens SCALANCE LPE9403 (the affected version is unknown). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Restore Backup Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-35. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize '.../...//' (doubled triple dot slash) sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE LPE9403 (6GK5998-3GS00-2AC2) (All versions). Affected devices are vulnerable to path traversal attacks. This could allow a privileged local attacker to restore backups that are outside the backup folder.

It is possible to read the advisory at cert-portal.siemens.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-40573 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. 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 05/31/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-35 / CWE-23 / CWE-22
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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04/16/2025 🔍
05/13/2025 +27 days 🔍
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05/31/2025 +18 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: siemens.com

Advisory: ssa-327438
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-40573 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-40573
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-308627

Entryinfo

Created: 05/13/2025 13:20
Updated: 05/31/2025 06:04
Changes: 05/13/2025 13:20 (73), 05/31/2025 06:04 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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