CVE-2017-9940 (GCVE-0-2017-9940)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-08 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 17:25
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Summary
A vulnerability was discovered in Siemens SiPass integrated (All versions before V2.70) that could allow an attacker with access to a low-privileged user account to read or write files on the file system of the SiPass integrated server over the network.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
siemens CNA under the icscert root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 100 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a SiPass integrated All versions before V2.70 Affected: SiPass integrated All versions before V2.70
Date Public
2017-08-07 00:00
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