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CVE-2024-32741 (GCVE-0-2024-32741)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-14 10:02 – Updated: 2024-08-02 02:20
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
10 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-05-14 12:45 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-259 - Use of Hard-coded Password
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Siemens SIMATIC CN 4100 Affected: 0 , < V3.0 (custom)
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siemens simatic_cn_4100 Affected: 0 , < 3.0 (custom)
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