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CVE-2024-38081 Siemens CVE debrief

CVE-2024-38081 is a HIGH-severity elevation-of-privilege issue in Siemens INTRALOG WMS per the supplied CISA CSAF record. The advisory rates the issue 7.3 and indicates a local attack path that requires low privileges and user interaction, but can still impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Siemens' documented remediation is to update affected systems to V5 or later.

Vendor
Siemens
Product
INTRALOG WMS
CVSS
HIGH 7.3
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2025-05-13
Original CVE updated
2025-05-13
Advisory published
2025-05-13
Advisory updated
2025-05-13

Who should care

Administrators and operators of Siemens INTRALOG WMS, OT/ICS security teams, vulnerability management teams, and any support staff responsible for deploying Siemens updates in production environments.

Technical summary

The supplied advisory maps CVE-2024-38081 to Siemens INTRALOG WMS and classifies it as CVSS 3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. In practical terms, an attacker would need local access, low privileges, and some user interaction, but successful exploitation could result in privilege escalation with high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vendor remediation listed in the source is to update to V5 or later.

Defensive priority

High priority. This is a local privilege-escalation issue with user interaction required and a vendor fix available; prioritize patching Siemens INTRALOG WMS deployments identified as affected.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Inventory Siemens INTRALOG WMS installations and confirm whether they are within the affected scope described by the advisory.
  • Apply Siemens' remediation by updating to V5 or later on affected systems.
  • Validate the update in maintenance windows and confirm the deployed version after remediation.
  • Restrict local access and review user permissions on systems running the product until patching is complete.
  • Monitor affected hosts for unusual privilege changes or suspicious local activity.
  • Track the official Siemens and CISA advisories for any follow-up guidance or revision history.

Evidence notes

This debrief relies on the supplied CISA CSAF source record (ICSA-25-135-02) and its linked Siemens advisories. The provided corpus contains a metadata mismatch: the generic CVE description references .NET/.NET Framework/Visual Studio, while the source advisory maps CVE-2024-38081 to Siemens INTRALOG WMS. Because only the supplied corpus and official links are allowed, this summary follows the Siemens/CISA source mapping and remediation as written in the advisory.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2024-38081 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38081

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

  • CVE-2024-38081 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38081

    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/2025/icsa-25-135-02.json

    cisa_csaf

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/csaf/ssa-901508.json

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-901508.html

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-135-02

    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.