VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2011-4532

medium
Published 2012-01-08 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
6.0

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-18165 dos windows verified
Luigi Auriemma · 2011-11-28

siemens automation license manager 500.0.122.1 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
siemens siemensautomation_license_manager{"endIncluding":"5.1"}

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.