A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC CN 4100 ... · CVE-2024-32741 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC CN 4100 ...

Critical severity Unreviewed Published May 14, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 14, 2024

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC CN 4100 (All versions < V3.0). The affected device contains hard coded password which is used for the privileged system user root and for the boot loader GRUB by default . An attacker who manages to crack the password hash gains root access to the device.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database

May 14, 2024

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2024

Last updated May 14, 2024

Severity

Critical

10.0

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H