CVE-2024-22040 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2024-22040
Vulnerability Scoring

7.5
/10
Very High Risk

Highly exploitable, CVE-2024-22040 poses a critical security risk that could lead to severe breaches.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: Low
    Exploits can be performed without significant complexity or special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Network
    Vulnerability is exploitable over a network without physical access.
  • Privileges Required: None
    No privileges are required for exploitation.
  • Scope: Unchanged
    Exploit remains within the originally vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2024-22040 Details

Status: Awaiting Analysis

Last updated: 🕣 21 Nov 2024, 08:55 UTC
Originally published on: 🕚 12 Mar 2024, 11:15 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 253 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

productcert@siemens.com

CVSS3 Type

Secondary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2024-22040 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2024-22040: A vulnerability has been identified in Cerberus PRO EN Engineering Tool (All versions), Cerberus PRO EN Fire Panel FC72x IP6 (All versions), Cerberus PRO EN Fire Panel FC72x IP7 (All versions), Cerberus PRO EN Fire Panel FC72x IP8 (All versions < IP8 SR4), Cerberus PRO EN X200 Cloud Distribution IP7 (All versions), Cerberus PRO EN X200 Cloud Distribution IP8 (All versions < V4.3.5618), Cerberus PRO EN X300 Cloud Distribution IP7 (All versions), Cerberus PRO EN X300 Cloud Distribution IP8 (All versions < V4.3.5617), Cerberus PRO UL Compact Panel FC922/924 (All versions < MP4), Cerberus PRO UL Engineering Tool (All versions < MP4), Cerberus PRO UL X300 Cloud Distribution (All versions < V4.3.0001), Desigo Fire Safety UL Compact Panel FC2025/2050 (All versions < MP4), Desigo Fire Safety UL Engineering Tool (All versions < MP4), Desigo Fire Safety UL X300 Cloud Distribution (All versions < V4.3.0001), Sinteso FS20 EN Engineering Tool (All versions), Sinteso FS20 EN Fire Panel FC20 MP6 (All versions), Sinteso FS20 EN Fire Panel FC20 MP7 (All versions), Sinteso FS20 EN Fire Panel FC20 MP8 (All versions < MP8 SR4), Sinteso FS20 EN X200 Cloud Distribution MP7 (All versions), Sinteso FS20 EN X200 Cloud Distribution MP8 (All versions < V4.3.5618), Sinteso FS20 EN X300 Cloud Distribution MP7 (All versions), Sinteso FS20 EN X300 Cloud Distribution MP8 (All versions < V4.3.5617), Sinteso Mobile (All versions). The network communication library in affected systems insufficiently validates HMAC values which might result in a buffer overread. This could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash the network service.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2024-22040

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2024-22040 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2024-22040

With low attack complexity and no required privileges, CVE-2024-22040 is an easy target for cybercriminals. Organizations should prioritize immediate mitigation measures to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2024-22040, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2024-22040, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: None
    CVE-2024-22040 has no significant impact on data confidentiality.
  • Integrity: None
    CVE-2024-22040 poses no threat to data integrity.
  • Availability: High
    CVE-2024-22040 can disrupt system operations, potentially causing complete denial of service (DoS).

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

The EPSS score estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the near future.

EPSS Score: 0.043% (probability of exploit)

EPSS Percentile: 12.0% (lower percentile = lower relative risk)
This vulnerability is less risky than approximately 88.0% of others.

CVE-2024-22040 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

CAPEC Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification

  • Overread Buffers CAPEC-540 An adversary attacks a target by providing input that causes an application to read beyond the boundary of a defined buffer. This typically occurs when a value influencing where to start or stop reading is set to reflect positions outside of the valid memory location of the buffer. This type of attack may result in exposure of sensitive information, a system crash, or arbitrary code execution.

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