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CVE-2018-11456 — A vulnerability has been identified in Automation License Manager 5 (All version

A vulnerability has been identified in Automation License Manager 5 (All versions < 5.3.4.4). An attacker with network access to the device could send specially crafted network packets to determine whether or not a network port on another remote system is accessible or not. Th

CVSS
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EPSS
0.18% (top 60.90%)
CWE
CWE-284
Published
2018-08-07T15:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T08:10:14.363Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability has been identified in Automation License Manager 5 (All versions < 5.3.4.4). An attacker with network access to the device could send specially crafted network packets to determine whether or not a network port on another remote system is accessible or not. This allows the attacker to do basic network scanning using the victims machine. Successful exploitation requires a network…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Siemens AGAutomation License Manager 5Automation License Manager 5 : All versions < 5.3.4.4

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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