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CVE-2023-38641 (GCVE-0-2023-38641)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-08 09:20 – Updated: 2025-02-27 21:09
VLAI
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in SICAM TOOLBOX II (All versions < V07.10). The affected application's database service is executed as `NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM`. This could allow a local attacker to execute operating system commands with elevated privileges.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-26 21:54 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Siemens SICAM TOOLBOX II Affected: All versions < V07.10
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