SB2018061503 - Privilege escalation in Siemens SCALANCE X, RUGGEDCOM WiMAX, RFID 181-EIP, and SIMATIC RF182C
Published: June 15, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018061503
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-4833)
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An adjacent attacker can send a specially crafted DHCP response to a client’s DHCP request and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.