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Rockwell ControlLogix controllers Improper Authentication (CVE-2012-6437)

critical Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 500253

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

Rockwell Automation products that do not support Rockwell Automation digital signature-based firmware validation do not properly perform authentication for Ethernet firmware updates, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse update image.

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

Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-13-011-03

http://www.nessus.org/u?0ce3f018

https://www.nessus.org/u?0593b997

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 500253

Version: 1.9

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/7/2022

Updated: 12/26/2023

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-6437

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:/h:rockwellautomation:controllogix_1756-l7x:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:controllogix_1756-l72:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:controllogix_1756-l73:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:controllogix_1756-l74:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:controllogix_1756-l75:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:controllogix_1756-l83e:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:controllogix_1756-l85e:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l30er:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l30erm:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l30er-nse:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l33er:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l33erm:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l36erm:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l24-er-qb1b:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l24-er-qbfc1b:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l27-erm-qbfc1b:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l16er-bb1b:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l18er-bb1b:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l18erm-bb1b:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_5069-l320er:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_5069-l340erm:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:1756-dnb-ethernet:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:1756-en2t:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:1756-en2f:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:1756-en2txt:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:1756-en2tr:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:1756-en3tr:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:1756-cn2:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:1756-cn2r:-, cpe:/h:rockwellautomation:1756-cn2rxt_series_c:-

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Rockwell

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/24/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6437

CWE: 287