5.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
ADJACENT
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
28.0%
This updated advisory is a follow-up to the original advisory titled ICSA-19-213-04 3S-Smart Software Solutions GmbH CODESYS V3 that was published August 1, 2019, to the ICS webpage on us-cert.gov.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow for an attacker with access to PLC traffic to obtain user credentials.
All variants of the following CODESYS V3 products in all versions containing the CmpUserMgr component are affected, regardless of the CPU type or operating system:
The application may utilize non-TLS based encryption, which results in user credentials being insufficiently protected during transport.
CVE-2019-9013 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 has been assigned; the CVSS vector string is (AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
JunYoung Park reported this vulnerability to CISA.
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3S-Smart Software Solutions GmbH reports this vulnerability will be corrected by downloading Version 3.5.16.0
For more information, please see the CODESYS V3 advisory 2019-08.
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CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. Specifically, users should:
CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on us-cert.gov. 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 on the ICS webpage on us-cert.gov in the Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B–Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.
Organizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability. This vulnerability is not exploitable remotely.
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5.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
ADJACENT
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
28.0%