Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-12736 - Improper Initialization vulnerability in Siemens products

047910
CVSS 8.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
low complexity
siemens
CWE-665
NVD
Published: 2017-12-26
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in RUGGEDCOM ROS for RSL910 devices (All versions < ROS V5.0.1), RUGGEDCOM ROS for all other devices (All versions < ROS V4.3.4), SCALANCE XB-200/XC-200/XP-200/XR300-WG (All versions between V3.0 (including) and V3.0.2 (excluding)), SCALANCE XR-500/XM-400 (All versions between V6.1 (including) and V6.1.1 (excluding)). After initial configuration, the Ruggedcom Discovery Protocol (RCDP) is still able to writeto the device under certain conditions, potentially allowing users located in the adjacentnetwork of the targeted device to perform unauthorized administrative actions.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Siemens
20
Hardware
Siemens
8

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Leveraging Race Conditions
    This attack targets a race condition occurring when multiple processes access and manipulate the same resource concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which the access takes place. The attacker can leverage a race condition by "running the race", modifying the resource and modifying the normal execution flow. For instance a race condition can occur while accessing a file, the attacker can trick the system by replacing the original file with his version and cause the system to read the malicious file.
  • Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions
    This attack targets a race condition occurring between the time of check (state) for a resource and the time of use of a resource. The typical example is the file access. The attacker can leverage a file access race condition by "running the race", meaning that he would modify the resource between the first time the target program accesses the file and the time the target program uses the file. During that period of time, the attacker could do something such as replace the file and cause an escalation of privilege.

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