Schneider Electric Modicon Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions (CVE-2018-7855)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 500315

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

A CWE-248 Uncaught Exception vulnerability exists in all versions of the Modicon M580, Modicon M340, Modicon Quantum, and Modicon Premium which could cause a Denial of Service when sending invalid breakpoint parameters to the controller over Modbus

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 500315

Version: 1.7

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/7/2022

Updated: 4/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-7855

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_premium_firmware:-, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_quantum_firmware:-, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_m340_series_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_m580_series_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Schneider

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/22/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-7855

CWE: 754

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