Sinec Nms
CVE-2021-33724
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could access files and directories outside the intended path by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC NMS (All versions < V1.0 SP2 Update 1). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Path Traversal vulnerability could allow attackers to access files and directories outside the intended path.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Validate and canonicalize file paths. Use chroot or sandboxing. Reject input containing path separators or '../' sequences.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Path Traversal (CWE-22), which allows attackers to access files and directories outside the intended path. A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC NMS (All versions < V1.0 SP2 Update 1). The affected system contains an Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability that possibly allows to delete an arbitrary file or directory under a user controlled path. Affected products include: Siemens Sinec Nms.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC NMS (All versions < V1.0 SP2 Update 1). The affected system contains an Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability that possibly allows to delete an arbitrary file or directory under a user controlled path.
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Attack Technique
Path traversal exploits occur when applications use user-controlled input to construct file system paths without proper validation.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
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An OpenSSL TLS server may crash if sent a maliciously crafted renegotiation ClientHello message from a client. Rated med
SINEC NMS versions prior to V4.0 SP3 allow authenticated remote attackers to reset any user account password due to impr
In logback version 1.2.7 and prior versions, an attacker with the required privileges to edit configurations files could
A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC NMS (All versions < V4.0). The affected application exposes an endpoint tha
A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC NMS (All versions < V2.0 SP1). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vul
ap_escape_quotes() may write beyond the end of a buffer when given malicious input. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8),
A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC NMS (All versions < V3.0). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.4), this vulnera
A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC NMS (All versions < V1.0 SP2 Update 1). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1),
Authentication bypass in Siemens SINEC NMS versions prior to V4.0 SP3 with UMC allows unauthenticated remote attackers t
A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC NMS (All versions < V4.0). The affected application does not properly valid
A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC NMS (All versions < V4.0). The affected application does not properly valid
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