FKIE_CVE-2024-32741

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-05-14 16:17 - Updated: 2026-06-17 07:30
Severity
10.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC CN 4100 (All versions < V3.0). The affected device contains hard coded password which is used for the privileged system user `root` and for the boot loader `GRUB` by default . An attacker who manages to crack the password hash gains root access to the device.
References
productcert@siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-273900.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-273900.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
siemens simatic_cn_4100_firmware *
siemens simatic_cn_4100 -
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