CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS
Percentile
71.3%
NCCIC/ICS-CERT received a report from Yokogawa and JPCERT/CChttp://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU98542287/index.html about an authentication bypass vulnerability in the Yokogawa STARDOM controller. Yokogawa has produced a new release to mitigate this vulnerability.
This vulnerability could be exploited remotely.
Yokogawa reports that the vulnerability affects the following products:
An attacker may be able to exploit this vulnerability to execute commands such as stop application program, change values, and modify application.
Impact to individual organizations depends on many factors that are unique to each organization. ICS-CERT recommends that organizations evaluate the impact of this vulnerability based on their operational environment, architecture, and product implementation.
Yokogawa is based in Japan and maintains offices in several countries around the world, including the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, and East Asia.
STARDOM is a network-based control system. According to Yokogawa, these products are deployed across several sectors, including Critical Manufacturing, Energy, and Food and Agriculture. Yokogawa estimates that its products are used worldwide.
Logic Designer can connect to STARDOM controller without authentication.
CVE-2016-4860NVD, https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-4860, 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 7.3 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L).CVSS Calculator, https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L, web site last accessed September 15, 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.
Yokogawa has remediated the vulnerability with the latest release R4.02. The following link leads to Yokogawa’s STARDOM web site:
Yokogawa strongly suggests all users to introduce appropriate security measures not only for the vulnerabilities identified but also to the overall systems.
Yokogawa’s Security Advisory Report, “YSAR-16-0002: Arbitrary command execution vulnerability in STARDOM,” and other Yokogawa products are available at the following URL:
ICS-CERT recommends that users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. 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. 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.
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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CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS
Percentile
71.3%