CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-13919

Improper Access Control

Published: Sep 13, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
4.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability has been identified in SINEMA Remote Connect Server (All versions < V2.0 SP1). Some pages that should only be accessible by a privileged user can also be accessed by a non-privileged user. The security vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker with network access and valid credentials for the web interface. No user interaction is required. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to access information that he should not be able to read. The affected information does not include passwords. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this security vulnerability was known.

Weakness

The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Sinema_remote_connect_server Siemens * 2.0 (including)
Sinema_remote_connect_server Siemens 2.0-hf1 (including) 2.0-hf1 (including)

Extended Description

Access control involves the use of several protection mechanisms such as:

When any mechanism is not applied or otherwise fails, attackers can compromise the security of the product by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executing commands, evading detection, etc. There are two distinct behaviors that can introduce access control weaknesses:

Potential Mitigations

  • Compartmentalize the system to have “safe” areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
  • Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

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