**ATTENTION:**Remotely exploitable/low skill level to exploit.
**Vendor:**Siemens
**Equipment:**Desigo PXC
**Vulnerability:**Improper Authentication
Siemens reports that the vulnerability affects the following versions of Desigo PXC:
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to upload malicious firmware without prior authentication.
Siemens has provided an updated version that fixes the vulnerability for the affected products and recommends users update to the newest version V6.00.204 or a later version that can be obtained at:
<https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109481602>
As a general security measure, Siemens strongly recommends protecting network access to the devices with appropriate mechanisms. Siemens advises configuring the environment according to Siemens operational guidelines in order to run the devices in a protected IT environment.
<https://www.siemens.com/cert/operational-guidelines-industrial-security>
For more information on this vulnerability and more detailed mitigation instructions, please see Siemens Security Advisory SSA-824231 at the following location:
http://www.siemens.com/cert/en/cert-security-advisories.htm
NCCIC recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. Specifically, users should:
NCCIC reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
NCCIC 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 NCCIC 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 NCCIC for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability.
IMPROPER AUTHENTICATION CWE-287
A remote attacker with network access to the device could potentially upload a new firmware image to the devices without prior authentication.
CVE-2018-4834 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 has been assigned; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Can Demirel and Melih Berk Eksioglu from Biznet Bilisim reported this vulnerability to Siemens.
Critical Infrastructure Sector: Commercial Facilities
Countries/Areas Deployed: Worldwide
Company Headquarters Location: Germany
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