CVE-2024-32741

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 v3 10.0 CRITICAL

10.0^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-273900.html	Vendor Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-273900.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_cn_4100_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:siemens:simatic_cn_4100:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-05-14 16:17

Updated : 2025-08-26 20:16

NVD link : CVE-2024-32741

Mitre link : CVE-2024-32741

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-32741

JSON object : View

Products Affected

siemens

simatic_cn_4100_firmware
simatic_cn_4100

CWE

CWE-259

Use of Hard-coded Password

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