CVE-2024-32009 Privilege escalation in Spectrum Power 4
Local attackers can gain administrative privileges in Siemens Spectrum Power 4 due to incorrect binary permissions.
- 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-2024-32009?
CVE-2024-32009 is a high-severity vulnerability in Siemens Spectrum Power 4, published on 11 Nov 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability has been identified in Spectrum Power 4 (All versions < V4.70 SP12 Update 2). The affected application is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation due to wrongly set permissions to a binary which allows any local attacker to gain administrative privileges.
Weakness: CWE-266
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-32009?
How do I fix CVE-2024-32009?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-32009 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-32009 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-32009 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w6m5-xx6h-3mgh.