CVE-2024-41171 - Siemens SINUMERIK Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CVE-2024-41171 - Siemens SINUMERIK Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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CVE ID : CVE-2024-41171
Published : Sept. 10, 2024, 10:15 a.m. | 2 hours, 16 minutes ago
Description : A vulnerability has been identified in SINUMERIK 828D V4 (All versions), SINUMERIK 828D V5 (All versions < V5.24), SINUMERIK 840D sl V4 (All versions), SINUMERIK ONE (All versions < V6.24). Affected devices do not properly enforce access restrictions to scripts that are regularly executed by the system with elevated privileges. This could allow an authenticated local attacker to escalate their privileges in the underlying system.
Severity: 8.8 | HIGH
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