Home/CVE/The FTP server on Siemens SCALANCE X-300 switches with firmware before 4.0 and SCALANCE X 408 switches with firmware bef
CVE

CVE-2014-8479

The FTP server on Siemens SCALANCE X-300 switches with firmware before 4.0 and SCALANCE X 408 switches with firmware bef

The FTP server on Siemens SCALANCE X-300 switches with firmware before 4.0 and SCALANCE X 408 switches with firmware before 4.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (reboot) via crafted FTP packets.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.00418
Monitor
  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
⬡

Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation
▤

Affected Products & Versions

2
siemens scalance x-408 firmware<= 3.9.3
siemens scalance x-300 series firmware<= 3.9.3
▣

Scoring & Timeline

6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
View on NVD
This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published to NVD21 Jan 2015 · 05:59 PM
⚑

Vendor Advisories

1
cisa-csafcisa-csaf-csaf_files-OT-white-2015-icsa-15-020-01
🔗

References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.siemens.com/innovation/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-321046.pdfVendor Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-321046.pdf
Intelligence Graph · click any node to traverse
CVETechnique ActorTool Family
drag to reposition · click any node to traverse · button top-right enlarges
External lookups - second-class, for what we don’t hold ourselves
NVDCVE.orgCISAVulnersExploit-DBGitHub PoCVulnCheck KEVGreyNoise
Vulnerabilities
CISA KEV catalog
CWE weaknesses
CAPEC attack patterns
Package vulnerabilities
Threat intelligence
Threat actors
Tools & malware
ATT&CK techniques
IOCs
Detection & defense
Sigma rules
YARA rules
Atomic Red Team tests
D3FEND countermeasures
Compliance
NIST 800-53
ISO 27001:2022
SOC 2 TSC
PCI-DSS v4.0
CIS Controls v8.1
About
All capabilities
Live statistics
Data sources
Privacy policy
Terms of service
threatengine.sh  ·  Open-source threat intelligence platform  ·  100+ authoritative sources  ·  Every fact traces to its origin