CVE-2021-40354: siemens teamcenter v12.4 Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-40354 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions vulnerability in siemens teamcenter v12.4. EPSS estimates a 0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 14-09-2021
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Teamcenter V12.4 (All versions < V12.4.0.8), Teamcenter V13.0 (All versions < V13.0.0.7), Teamcenter V13.1 (All versions < V13.1.0.5), Teamcenter V13.2 (All versions < 13.2.0.2). The "surrogate" functionality on the user profile of the application does not perform sufficient access control that could lead to an account takeover. Any profile on the application can perform this attack and access any other user assigned tasks via the "inbox/surrogate tasks".

• CWE-267Privilege Defined With Unsafe ActionsA particular privilege, role, capability, or right can be used to perform unsafe actions that were not intended, even when it is assigned to the correct entity.
• CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementThe product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.