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CVE-2018-13806

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  • Published2018-09-12
  • WeaknessCWE-427

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Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIEMENS TD Keypad Designer (All versions). A DLL hijacking vulnerability exists in all versions of SIEMENS TD Keypad Designer which could allow an attacker to execute code with the permission of the user running TD Designer. The attacker must have write access to the directory containing the TD project file in order to exploit the vulnerability. A legitimate user with higher privileges than the attacker must open the TD project in order for this vulnerability to be exploited. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this security vulnerability was known.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2018-09-1213:29CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

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Versions per branch

NVD
Siemens td keypad designer
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Vendor advisories

  • ICSA-18-254-03 CISA1 known affected

    ICSA-18-254-03 Siemens TD Keypad Designer

    SIEMENS TD Keypad Designer

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-18-254-03 · 1 productSee recommendations from section Workaround and Mitigations
  2. Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-18-254-03 · 1 productSiemens has identified the following specific workarounds and mitigations thatcustomers can apply to reduce the risk:authorized users. Restrict write permissions to directories with TD project files to
  3. Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-18-254-03 · 1 productSiemens has identified the following specific workarounds and mitigations thatcustomers can apply to reduce the risk:authorized users. Only open TD projects from trusted sources.

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • NVDCVSS 3.07.8read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 2.09.3read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-427read 2026-10-23
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-427read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.4 %2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2018-09-12
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-13806?

A vulnerability has been identified in SIEMENS TD Keypad Designer (All versions). A DLL hijacking vulnerability exists in all versions of SIEMENS TD Keypad Designer which could allow an attacker to execute code with the permission of the user running TD Designer. The attacker must have write access to the directory containing the TD project file in order to exploit the vulnerability. A legitimate user with higher privileges than the attacker must open the TD project in order for this vulnerability to be exploited. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this security vulnerability was known.

Is CVE-2018-13806 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2018-13806 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.4% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-13806?

CVE-2018-13806 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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