ABB M2M ETHERNET Improper Authentication (CVE-2018-17926)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 501068

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The product M2M ETHERNET (FW Versions 2.22 and prior, ETH-FW Versions 1.01 and prior) is vulnerable in that an attacker can upload a malicious language file by bypassing the user authentication mechanism.

This plugin only works with Tenable.ot.
Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information.

Solution

The following text was originally created by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The original can be found at CISA.gov.

ABB recommends installing the device in accordance with the latest instructions from the updated technical manual. For additional information, refer to ABB’s security notification ABBVU-EPBP-R-5672.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 501068

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 4/20/2023

Updated: 3/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-17926

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:abb:fw_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/ABB

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/31/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17926

CWE: 287

Detections

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