CVE-2025-40942 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting all versions of Siemens TeleControl Server Basic prior to V3.1.2.4. An attacker with local access could exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on the system. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires low privileges, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Despite the lack of active exploitation, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions, indicating notable interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.1.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:telecontrol_server_basic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 0, < V3.1.2.4CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:telecontrol_server_basic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.