CVE-2011-4532

Automation License Manager vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

3.6%

EPSS pct

88th

Exploited

No known

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the ALMListView.ALMListCtrl ActiveX control in almaxcx.dll in the graphical user interface in Siemens Automation License Manager (ALM) 2.0 through 5.1+SP1+Upd2 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via the Save method.

Affected vendor

Siemens

Affected product

Automation License Manager

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Published

2012-01-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 3.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

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