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CVE-2024-35212 Siemens CVE debrief

CVE-2024-35212 is a medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.2) affecting Siemens SINEC Traffic Analyzer (6GK8822-1BG01-0BA0), published June 11, 2024. The vulnerability stems from insufficient input validation in the affected application, which could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to database entries. The attack vector is local (AV:L), requiring low attack complexity (AC:L) with no privileges required (PR:N) and no user interaction (UI:N), resulting in high confidentiality impact (C:H) but no integrity or availability impact. Siemens has released a vendor fix—updating to version 1.2 or later addresses this vulnerability. Organizations running affected deployments should prioritize patching given the high confidentiality impact and relatively low barrier to exploitation.

Vendor
Siemens
Product
SINEC Traffic Analyzer (6GK8822-1BG01-0BA0)
CVSS
MEDIUM 6.2
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 network environments, particularly those in critical infrastructure sectors where network traffic analysis supports operational technology security monitoring. Security teams responsible for OT asset management, database administrators overseeing SINEC deployments, and compliance officers tracking ICS vulnerability remediation should prioritize this patch.

Technical summary

The SINEC Traffic Analyzer application fails to properly validate input data, creating a pathway for attackers to access database entries without proper authorization. The vulnerability is exploitable locally with no privileges or user interaction required, making it accessible to attackers with physical or logical local access to the system. The confidentiality impact is rated high, indicating sensitive database contents—including potentially network traffic analysis data, configuration information, or operational telemetry—could be exposed. Integrity and availability impacts are none, suggesting the vulnerability does not directly enable data modification or service disruption. The local attack vector implies exploitation requires access to the host system or a locally reachable service interface rather than remote network access.

Defensive priority

medium

Recommended defensive actions

  • Update Siemens SINEC Traffic Analyzer to version 1.2 or later per vendor guidance.
  • Verify current installed version and confirm successful application of the security update.
  • Review database access logs for anomalous query patterns that may indicate attempted or successful exploitation.
  • Apply network segmentation to limit exposure of SINEC Traffic Analyzer instances to authorized administrative hosts only.
  • Implement defense-in-depth controls per CISA ICS recommended practices for industrial control systems.

Evidence notes

Vulnerability description and remediation details sourced from CISA CSAF advisory ICSA-24-165-13. CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N confirms local attack vector with high confidentiality impact. Vendor fix confirmed by Siemens advisory SSA-196737.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2024-35212 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-35212

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

  • CVE-2024-35212 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35212

    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.