# CVE-2018-13801: Privilege escalation in ROX II

> A low-privileged user can escalate to root on Siemens ROX II devices via network access, compromising system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Oct 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gh8m-w78j-mvxc

## What is CVE-2018-13801?

CVE-2018-13801 is a high-severity vulnerability in Siemens AG ROX II, published on 10 Oct 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been identified in ROX II (All versions < V2.12.1). An attacker with network access to port 22/tcp and valid low-privileged user credentials for the target device could perform a privilege escalation and gain root privileges. Successful exploitation requires user privileges of a low-privileged user but no user interaction. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to compromise confidentiality, integrity and availability of the system.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management), CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-13801?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Siemens Rox Ii Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-13801?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-13801 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-13801 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-13801 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Siemens AG ROX II

- [CVE-2018-13802](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-13802/): Command injection in ROX II (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-13801 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-13801 is a high-severity vulnerability in Siemens AG ROX II, published on 10 Oct 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-13801 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Siemens AG ROX II. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-13801/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-13801/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-13801
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13801
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-13801

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-13801/
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