Is CVE-2024-36398 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-36398 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-36398?

CVE-2024-36398 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-36398?

CVE-2024-36398 has an EPSS score of 0.17% (7th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-36398?

Upgrade sinec nms to 3.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-36398

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC NMS (All versions < V3.0). The affected application executes a subset of its services as `NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM`. This could allow a local attacker to execute operating system commands with elevated privileges.

CWE-250

How to fix

Remediation Available

sinec nmsNVD

Affected:< 3.0Fixed in:3.0CVE-2024-36398derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.17%probability of exploitation in 30 days

7thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 7% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

cert-portal.siemens.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-08-14.