Rockwell FactoryTalk Services Platform < 6.20 Privilege Escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 187746

Synopsis

An application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of Rockwell FactoryTalk Services Platform installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 6.20. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability.

- FactoryTalk Services Platform contains a vulnerability that may allow a remote, authenticated attacker to bypass FactoryTalk Security policies based on the computer name. If successfully exploited, this may allow an attacker to have the same privileges as if they were logged on to the client machine.
(CVE-2021-32960)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Rockwell FactoryTalk Services Platform version 6.20 or later or refer to the vendor advisory for other mitigations.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 187746

File Name: rockwell_factorytalk_services_platform_6_20.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: SCADA

Published: 1/9/2024

Updated: 1/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-32960

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:rockwellautomation:factorytalk_services_platform

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Rockwell FactoryTalk Services Platform

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-32960

ICSA: 21-161-01

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