# 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.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.4 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 May 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vqvr-9cjv-m5wg

## 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 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## 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.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-33499 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-33499 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Siemens SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager. 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-2024-33499/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-33499/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-33499
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33499
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-33499

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-33499/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.