VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2024-32741
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC CN 4100 (All versions < V3.0).
CRITICAL 10.0EPSS 0.63%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.63%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC CN 4100 (All versions < V3.0). The affected device contains hard coded password which is used for the privileged system user `root` and for the boot loader `GRUB` by default . An attacker who manages to crack the password hash gains root access to the device.
- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.63% probability · 48th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-259
- Affected
- siemens/simatic cn 4100 firmware
- Source
- productcert@siemens.com
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.