4 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
51.0%
Independent researcher Lee Ryman has identified a credential management vulnerability in Black Box’s AlertWerks ServSensor devices. ICS-CERT and CERT Australia have coordinated with Black Box that has produced a new firmware version to mitigate this vulnerability. Lee Ryman has tested the new firmware version to validate that it resolves the vulnerability.
This vulnerability could be exploited remotely.
The following AlertWerks ServSensor versions are affected:
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an authenticated user to gain the administrator and user passwords compromising the system.
Impact to individual organizations depends on many factors that are unique to each organization. NCCIC/ICS-CERT recommends that organizations evaluate the impact of this vulnerability based on their operational environment, architecture, and product implementation.
Black Box is a US-based company that maintains offices in several countries around the world.
The affected product, AlertWerks ServSensor, is the central hub for an environmental monitoring system. According to Black Box, these products are deployed across several sectors including Commercial Facilities. Black Box estimates that these products are used worldwide.
An authenticated user may be able to query administrator and user passwords.
CVE-2016-2311NVD, http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-2311, NIST uses this advisory to create the CVE web site report. This web site will be active sometime after publication of this advisory. has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 has been assigned; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).CVSS Calculator, https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, web site last accessed May 26, 2016.
This vulnerability could be exploited remotely.
No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability.
An attacker with low skill would be able to exploit this vulnerability.
Black Box has released a new firmware, Version SP473, which addresses the identified vulnerability in all the affected AlertWerks ServSensor models and is available at the following location:
<ftp://ftp.blackbox.com/AlertWerks Firmware/fw SP-473 for EME102 -EME113 and EME152 - EME158.zip>
Black Box recommends that users should install the new firmware version.
ICS-CERT recommends that users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of these vulnerabilities. Specifically, users should:
ICS-CERT reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
ICS-CERT also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS-CERT web page at: http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/content/recommended-practices. Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available in the ICS‑CERT Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B–Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies, that is available for download from the ICS-CERT web site (http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/).
Organizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to ICS-CERT for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
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4 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
51.0%