CVE-2013-6840 Privilege escalation in n/a

Medium 6.9 Published Updated

Local attackers can escalate privileges to gain database access in Siemens COMOS engineering software.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2013-6840?

CVE-2013-6840 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Dec 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Siemens COMOS before 9.2.0.8.1, 10.0 before 10.0.3.1.40, and 10.1 before 10.1.0.0.2 allows local users to gain database privileges via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6840?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Siemens Comos.

How do I fix CVE-2013-6840?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-6840 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2013-6840 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6840 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xc76-crcf-v554.

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