CVE-2024-56181
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC Field PG M5 (All versions), SIMATIC IPC BX-21A (All versions < V31.01.07), SIMATIC IPC BX-32A (All versions < V29.01.07), SIMATIC IPC BX-39A (All versions < V29.01.07), SIMATIC IPC BX-59A (All versions < V32.01.04), SIMATIC IPC PX-32A (All versions < V29.01.07), SIMATIC IPC PX-39A (All versions < V29.01.07), SIMATIC IPC PX-39A PRO (All versions < V29.01.07), SIMATIC IPC RC-543A (All versions < V36.01.03), SIMATIC IPC RC-543B (All versions < V35.01.12), SIMATIC IPC RW-543A (All versions < V1.1.4), SIMATIC IPC RW-543B (All versions < V35.02.10), SIMATIC IPC127E (All versions < V27.01.11), SIMATIC IPC227E (All versions), SIMATIC IPC227G (All versions < V28.01.14), SIMATIC IPC277E (All versions), SIMATIC IPC277G (All versions < V28.01.14), SIMATIC IPC277G PRO (All versions < V28.01.14), SIMATIC IPC3000 SMART V3 (All versions), SIMATIC IPC327G (All versions < V28.01.14), SIMATIC IPC347G (All versions), SIMATIC IPC377G (All versions < V28.01.14), SIMATIC IPC427E (All versions < V21.01.21), SIMATIC IPC477E (All versions < V21.01.21), SIMATIC IPC477E PRO (All versions < V21.01.21), SIMATIC IPC527G (All versions), SIMATIC IPC627E (All versions < V25.02.15), SIMATIC IPC647E (All versions < V25.02.15), SIMATIC IPC677E (All versions < V25.02.15), SIMATIC IPC847E (All versions < V25.02.15), SIMATIC ITP1000 (All versions). The affected devices have insufficient protection mechanism for the EFI(Extensible Firmware Interface) variables stored on the device. This could allow an authenticated attacker to alter the secure boot configuration without proper authorization by directly communicate with the flash controller.
What this means for your business
- An attacker can use it only with access to the machine itself, with an administrator login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.2% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 11% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Ask your IT team or provider whether any of your systems use the affected product.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 8.2 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H- CVSS v4
- 8.4
- Weakness
- CWE-693
- Assigned by
- productcert@siemens.com
Dates
- Published
- 2025-03-11
- Last modified
- 2026-09-08
- Sources
- NVD