Rewterz Threat Advisory – ICS: Multiple Siemens RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW Vulnerabilities

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

CVE-2023-27309 CVSS:5

Siemens RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by failing to check for proper permissions when assigning groups to user accounts. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to o assign administrative groups to otherwise non-privileged user accounts.

CVE-2023-27310 CVSS:6.6

Siemens RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by failing to check for proper permissions when assigning groups to user accounts. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to o assign administrative groups to otherwise non-privileged user accounts.

Impact

Privilege Escalation

Indicators Of Compromise

CVE

CVE-2023-27309
CVE-2023-27310

Affected Vendors

Siemens

Affected Products

Siemens RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW 5.1

Remediation

Refer to Siemens Security Advisory for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information.

Siemens Security Advisory

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