CVE-2023-38641 (GCVE-0-2023-38641)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-08 09:20 – Updated: 2025-02-27 21:09
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in SICAM TOOLBOX II (All versions < V07.10). The affected application's database service is executed as `NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM`.
This could allow a local attacker to execute operating system commands with elevated privileges.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-26 21:54 UTC
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siemens | SICAM TOOLBOX II |
Affected:
All versions < V07.10
|
guessed |
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