CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
Percentile
60.9%
Siemens has reported a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Siemens COMOS database application. Siemens has produced an update that fixes this vulnerability. This vulnerability could be exploited remotely.
Siemens reports that the vulnerability affects the following versions of COMOS:
Authenticated users with read privileges could escalate their privileges by exploiting this vulnerability. Thus, the attacker is able to gain administrator access to the database.
Impact to individual organizations depends on many factors that are unique to each organization. ICS-CERT recommends that organizations evaluate the impact of this vulnerability based on their operational environment, architecture, and product implementation.
Siemens COMOS is an object oriented database system that supports collecting, processing, saving, and distributing of information through a design process. It allows the configuration of different user privileges to different users.
Authenticated users with read privileges could escalate their privileges by exploiting a documented method in the design of the database. As a result, the attacker gains administrator access to the database.
CVE-2012-3009 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v2 base score of 8.5 has been assigned; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C).
This vulnerability could be exploited remotely.
No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability.
An attacker with a medium skill level could exploit these vulnerabilities.
For COMOS Versions 9.1, 9.2, and 10.0, Siemense recommends installing the corresponding patches as soon as possible:
These software updates are available at Siemens customer support. For earlier versions, Siemens recommends upgrading to a newer version.
ICS-CERT encourages asset owners to take additional defensive measures to protect against this and other cybersecurity risks.
The Control Systems Security Program (CSSP) also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the CSSP Web page. Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies. ICS-CERT reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to taking defensive measures.
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available in the ICS-CERT Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01AβCyber Intrusion Mitigation Strategies.
Organizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to ICS-CERT for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
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