CVE-2018-4836 — A vulnerability has been identified in TeleControl Server Basic < V3

A vulnerability has been identified in TeleControl Server Basic < V3.1. An authenticated attacker with a low-privileged account to the TeleControl Server Basic's port 8000/tcp could escalate his privileges and perform administrative operations.

01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability has been identified in TeleControl Server Basic < V3.1. An authenticated attacker with a low-privileged account to the TeleControl Server Basic's port 8000/tcp could escalate his privileges and perform administrative operations.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Siemens AG	TeleControl Server Basic	All versions < V3.1

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

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

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

• Published: 2018-01-25T14:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T17:32:46.608Z

09References

• www.siemens.com — https://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-651454.pdf
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102904
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102897