ABB M2M Gateway Arbitrary Code Execution in embedded OpenSSH (CVE-2016-10009)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 503231

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in ssh-agent.c in ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 7.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary local PKCS#11 modules by leveraging control over a forwarded agent-socket.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 503231

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 5/27/2025

Updated: 5/27/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-10009

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:abb:sw_firmware, cpe:/o:abb:arm600_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/ABB

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/5/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10009

CWE: 426

ICSA: 25-105-08

Detections

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