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CVE-2025-40830

A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC Security Monitor (All versions < V4.10.0).

HIGH 8.4EPSS 0.16%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.16%). 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 SINEC Security Monitor (All versions < V4.10.0). The affected application does not have proper authorization checks for the file_transfer feature in ssmctl-client command. This could allow an authenticated, lowly privileged local attacker to read or write to any file on server or sensor.

CVSS 4.0
8.4 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS
0.16% probability · 5th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-285
Affected
siemens/sinec security monitor
Source
productcert@siemens.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.