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CVE-2024-35208 Siemens CVE debrief

CVE-2024-35208 is a medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) affecting Siemens SINEC Traffic Analyzer (6GK8822-1BG01-0BA0), an industrial network monitoring product. The vulnerability involves cleartext password storage in the affected web server, which could allow an attacker in a privileged network position to obtain access credentials. The issue was published on June 11, 2024, and last modified on May 6, 2025. Siemens has released a vendor fix in version 1.2 or later. The vulnerability requires local access and low attack complexity with low privileges, but has a changed scope impact. Organizations should prioritize patching to version 1.2 or later and implement defense-in-depth strategies for industrial control systems.

Vendor
Siemens
Product
SINEC Traffic Analyzer (6GK8822-1BG01-0BA0)
CVSS
MEDIUM 6.3
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2024-06-11
Original CVE updated
2025-05-06
Advisory published
2024-06-11
Advisory updated
2025-05-06

Who should care

Organizations operating Siemens SINEC Traffic Analyzer in industrial environments, OT security teams, critical infrastructure operators, and network administrators responsible for industrial network monitoring infrastructure

Technical summary

The SINEC Traffic Analyzer web server stores passwords in cleartext, violating secure credential storage practices. An attacker positioned with local network access and low privileges can extract these credentials, potentially leading to unauthorized system access. The vulnerability's changed scope (S:C) indicates impact beyond the vulnerable component's security authority. The fix in version 1.2 implements proper password protection mechanisms.

Defensive priority

medium

Recommended defensive actions

  • Update Siemens SINEC Traffic Analyzer to version 1.2 or later
  • Review and rotate any potentially exposed credentials
  • Implement network segmentation to limit privileged network positions
  • Apply defense-in-depth strategies for industrial control system environments
  • Monitor for unauthorized access attempts to SINEC Traffic Analyzer systems

Evidence notes

The vulnerability description and remediation details are sourced from CISA's CSAF advisory ICSA-24-165-13, which references Siemens' official security advisory SSA-196737. The CVSS vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L) indicates local attack vector, low attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, changed scope, and low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2024-35208 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-35208

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2024-35208 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35208

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

Supplemental references

  • Source item URL

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2024/icsa-24-165-13.json

    cisa_csaf

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/csaf/ssa-196737.json

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-196737.html

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-24-165-13

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-10-301-01

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/ics-recommended-practices

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/topics/industrial-control-systems

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://us-cert.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf

    Reference

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.