# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2018-11461"
idYear: 2018
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2018-12-12T16:00:00.000Z"
updatedAt: "2024-08-05T08:10:14.628Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:00.349Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2018-11461"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2018-11461.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11461"
title: null
summary: "A vulnerability has been identified in SINUMERIK 808D V4.7 (All versions), SINUMERIK 808D V4.8 (All versions), SINUMERIK 828D V4.7 (All versions \u003c V4.7 SP6 HF1), SINUMERIK 840D sl V4.7 (All versions \u003c V4.7 SP6 HF5), SINUMERIK 840D sl V4.8 (All versions \u003c V4.8 SP3). A local attacker with user privileges could use the service command application for privilege escalation to an elevated user but not root. The security vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker with local access to the affected systems. Successful exploitation requires user privileges but no user interaction. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to compromise confidentiality, integrity and availability of the system. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this security vulnerability was known."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"SINUMERIK 808D V4.7 : All versions","status":"affected"},{"version":"SINUMERIK 808D V4.8 : All versions","status":"affected"},{"version":"SINUMERIK 828D V4.7 : All versions \u003c V4.7 SP6 HF1","status":"affected"},{"version":"SINUMERIK 840D sl V4.7 : All versions \u003c V4.7 SP6 HF5","status":"affected"},{"version":"SINUMERIK 840D sl V4.8 : All versions \u003c V4.8 SP3","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Siemens AG","product":"SINUMERIK 808D V4.7, SINUMERIK 808D V4.8, SINUMERIK 828D V4.7, SINUMERIK 840D sl V4.7, SINUMERIK 840D sl V4.8"}]

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