CVE-2024-33499 Privilege escalation in SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager
A privileged attacker can escalate privileges from Administrators to Systemadministrator due to incorrect permissions in the user management component.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-33499?
CVE-2024-33499 is a critical vulnerability in Siemens SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager, published on 14 May 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (6GT2780-0DA00) (All versions < V3.0.1.1), SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (6GT2780-0DA10) (All versions < V3.0.1.1), SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (6GT2780-0DA20) (All versions < V3.0.1.1), SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (6GT2780-0DA30) (All versions < V3.0.1.1), SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (6GT2780-1EA10) (All versions < V3.0.1.1), SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (6GT2780-1EA20) (All versions < V3.0.1.1), SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (6GT2780-1EA30) (All versions < V3.0.1.1). The affected application assigns incorrect permissions to a user management component. This could allow a privileged attacker to escalate their privileges from the Administrators group to the Systemadministrator group.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-33499?
How do I fix CVE-2024-33499?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-33499 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-33499 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-33499 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vqvr-9cjv-m5wg.