# Improper privilege management in Telit Cinterion BGS5 and others

CVE record · `CVE-2023-47611`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2023-47611`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Kaspersky
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-269](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html)
- **Tags:** [Privilege escalation](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/privilege-escalation.md)
- **Technologies:** [Telit Cinterion BGS5](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/telit-cinterion-bgs5.md) · [Telit Cinterion EHS5-E](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/telit-cinterion-ehs5-e.md) · [Telit Cinterion EHS5-US](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/telit-cinterion-ehs5-us.md) · [Telit Cinterion EHS5-US Rel.4](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/telit-cinterion-ehs5-us-rel-4.md) · [Telit Cinterion EHS6](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/telit-cinterion-ehs6.md) · [Telit Cinterion EHS6 Rel.2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/telit-cinterion-ehs6-rel-2.md) · [Telit Cinterion EHS6 Rel.3](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/telit-cinterion-ehs6-rel-3.md) · [Telit Cinterion EHS6 Rel.4](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/telit-cinterion-ehs6-rel-4.md) · [Telit Cinterion EHS6-A Rel.4](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/telit-cinterion-ehs6-a-rel-4.md) · [Telit Cinterion EHS8](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/telit-cinterion-ehs8.md) · [Telit Cinterion EHS8 Rel.4](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/telit-cinterion-ehs8-rel-4.md) · [Telit Cinterion ELS61-AUS](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/telit-cinterion-els61-aus.md) · [Telit Cinterion ELS61-AUS Rel.1](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/telit-cinterion-els61-aus-rel-1.md) · [Telit Cinterion ELS61-AUS Rel.1 MR](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/telit-cinterion-els61-aus-rel-1-mr.md) · [Telit Cinterion ELS61-E](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/telit-cinterion-els61-e.md) · [Telit Cinterion ELS61-E Rel.1](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/telit-cinterion-els61-e-rel-1.md) · [Telit Cinterion ELS61-E Rel.1 MR](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/telit-cinterion-els61-e-rel-1-mr.md) · [Telit Cinterion ELS61-E Rel.2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/telit-cinterion-els61-e-rel-2.md) · [Telit Cinterion ELS61-E2 Rel.1](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/telit-cinterion-els61-e2-rel-1.md) · [Telit Cinterion ELS61-E2 Rel.1 MR](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/telit-cinterion-els61-e2-rel-1-mr.md)
- **Published:** 10 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Kaspersky) at 10 Nov 2023, 16:38 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: BGS5.
  - affected: `before 2.000 ARN 01.001.08` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: EHS5-E.
  - affected: `before 4.013 ARN 01.000.06` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: EHS5-US.
  - affected: `before 4.000` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: EHS5-US Rel.4.
  - affected: `before 4.013 ARN 01.000.06` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: EHS6.
  - affected: `before 2.000` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: EHS6 Rel.2.
  - affected: `before 2.000 ARN 00.000.20` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: EHS6 Rel.3.
  - affected: `before 3.001 ARN 00.000.49` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: EHS6 Rel.4.
  - affected: `before 4.013 ARN 01.000.06` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: EHS6-A Rel.4.
  - affected: `before 4.013 ARN 01.000.06` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: EHS8.
  - affected: `before 3.011 ARN 00.000.60` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: EHS8 Rel.4.
  - affected: `before 4.013 ARN 01.000.06` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: ELS61-AUS.
  - affected: `before 1.000` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: ELS61-AUS Rel.1.
  - affected: `before 1.004 ARN 00.003.01` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: ELS61-AUS Rel.1 MR.
  - affected: `before 1.005 ARN 00.005.01` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: ELS61-E.
  - affected: `before 1.000` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: ELS61-E Rel.1.
  - affected: `before 1.000 ARN 00.030.01` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: ELS61-E Rel.1 MR.
  - affected: `before 1.000 ARN 00.032.02` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: ELS61-E Rel.2.
  - affected: `before 2.000 ARN 01.000.03` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: ELS61-E Rel.2.
  - affected: `before 2.000 ARN 01.000.03` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: ELS61-E2 Rel.1.
  - affected: `before 1.000 ARN 00.026.01` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: ELS61-E2 Rel.1 MR.
  - affected: `before 1.000 ARN 00.032.02` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: ELS61-US Rel.1 MR.
  - affected: `before 1.01 ARN 00.028.01` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: ELS61-US Rel.2.
  - affected: `before 2.012 ARN 01.000.05` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: ELS81-E.
  - affected: `before 4.000` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: ELS81-E Rel.1.
  - affected: `before 4.000 ARN 01.000.05` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: ELS81-E Rel.1.1.
  - affected: `before 5.001 ARN 01.000.04` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: ELS81-US.
  - affected: `before 5.012` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: ELS81-US Rel.1.1.
  - affected: `before 5.012 ARN 01.000.05` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: PDS5-E.
  - affected: `before 3.001` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: PDS5-E Rel.1.
  - affected: `before 3.001 ARN 00.000.32` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: PDS5-E Rel.4.
  - affected: `before 4.013 ARN 01.000.06` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: PDS5-US.
  - No versions given
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: PDS6.
  - No versions given
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: PDS8.
  - No versions given
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: PLS62-W.
  - affected: `before 2.01` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Telit Cinterion. Product: PLS62-W Rel.1.
  - affected: `before 2.01 ARN 01.000.05` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Kaspersky)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0021, the 11th percentile, on 8 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 10 Nov 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2023-47611](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-47611)
- [NVD: CVE-2023-47611](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-47611)

### References from the CNA

- <https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/2023/11/08/klcert-22-216-telit-cinterion-thales-gemalto-modules-improper-privilege-management-vulnerability/> (third-party-advisory)

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