CVE-2018-4845 Privilege escalation in RAPIDLab 1200 systems / RAPIDPoint 400 systems / RAPIDPoint 500 systems, RAPIDLab 1200 Series, RAPIDPoint 500 systems, RAPIDPoint 500 systems, RAPIDPoint 500 systems, RAPIDPoint 400 systems

High 8.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers with credentialed access to the Remote View feature can elevate privileges, compromising system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-4845?

CVE-2018-4845 is a high-severity vulnerability in Siemens AG RAPIDLab 1200 systems / RAPIDPoint 400 systems / RAPIDPoint 500 systems, RAPIDLab 1200 Series, RAPIDPoint 500 systems, RAPIDPoint 500 systems, RAPIDPoint 500 systems, RAPIDPoint 400 systems, published on 26 Jun 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 RAPIDLab 1200 systems / RAPIDPoint 400 systems / RAPIDPoint 500 systems (All versions_without_ use of Siemens Healthineers Informatics products), RAPIDLab 1200 Series (All versions < V3.3 _with_ Siemens Healthineers Informatics products), RAPIDPoint 500 systems (All versions >= V3.0 _with_ Siemens Healthineers Informatics products), RAPIDPoint 500 systems (V2.4.X_with_ Siemens Healthineers Informatics products), RAPIDPoint 500 systems (All versions =< V2.3 _with_ Siemens Healthineers Informatics products), RAPIDPoint 400 systems (All versions _with_ Siemens Healthineers Informatics products). Remote attackers with either local or remote credentialed access to the "Remote View" feature might be able to elevate their privileges, compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system. No special skills or user interaction are required to perform this attack. At the time of advisory publication, no public exploitation of this security vulnerability is known. Siemens Healthineers confirms the security vulnerability and provides mitigations to resolve the security issue.

Weakness: CWE-269, CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-4845?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Siemens Rapidlab 1200 Firmware, Siemens Rapidpoint 400 Firmware, Siemens Rapidpoint 500 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2018-4845?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-4845 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-4845 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-4845 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-69wv-72fm-mm2f.

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