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FKIE_CVE-2023-38641

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-08-08 10:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:10

Severity

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

References

	URL	Tags
	productcert@siemens.com	https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-975961.pdf	Patch, Vendor Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-975961.pdf	Patch, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	siemens	sicam_toolbox_ii	*

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T06:10:52.710",
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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

Summary

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

siemens icscert root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/s…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Siemens	SICAM TOOLBOX II	Affected: All versions < V07.10

Show details on NVD website

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
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Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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