Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-27394

High

Published: 11 March 2025

Published
11 March 2025
Modified
22 August 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0262 85.7th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

Adversaries may abuse Unix shell commands and scripts for execution.

Security Summary

CVE-2025-27394 affects Siemens SCALANCE LPE9403 devices (order number 6GK5998-3GS00-2AC2) in all versions prior to V4.0. The vulnerability arises from improper sanitization of user input when creating new SNMP users, classified as CWE-78 (OS Command Injection). It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating high severity due to potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

An authenticated remote attacker with high privileges can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Exploitation enables arbitrary code execution on the device, allowing full compromise of the affected SCALANCE LPE9403.

Mitigation details are provided in the Siemens security advisory at https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-075201.html. Affected devices should be updated to version V4.0 or later to address the issue.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-78

Affected Products

siemens
scalance lpe9403 firmware
≤ 4.0

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
T1059.004 Unix Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse Unix shell commands and scripts for execution.
Why these techniques?

OS command injection (CWE-78) enables authenticated high-priv remote attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution and full device compromise, directly mapping to exploitation for privilege escalation (T1068) and Unix shell command execution (T1059.004).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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