5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.009 Low
EPSS
Percentile
82.5%
This updated advisory is a follow-up to the original advisory titled βICSA-21-096-01 Hitachi ABB Power Grids Multiple Productsβ published April 6, 2021 on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could reboot the device regularly, resulting in a denial-of-service condition. The primary functionality of the device is not available during the reboot phase.
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Hitachi Energy reports the vulnerability affects the following products with IEC 61850 interfaces:
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4.2.1 IMPROPER INPUT VALIDATION CWE-20
An attacker with access to the IEC 61850 network and knowledge of how to reproduce the attackβas well as the IP addresses of the different IEC 61850 access points (of IEDs/products)βcan force the device to reboot, which renders the device inoperable for approximately 60 seconds. This vulnerability affects only products with IEC 61850 interfaces.
CVE-2021-27196 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Markus Mahrla, GAI NetConsult GmbH and Lars Lengersdorf, Amprion GmbH reported this vulnerability to Hitachi Energy.
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Hitachi Energy recommends users apply relevant updates at their earliest convenience. Users should contact Hitachi Energy to acquire firmware for a specific product version. Hitachi Energy has created the new versions to address this vulnerability:
Hitachi Energy recommends the following security practices and firewall configurations to help protect a process control network from attacks originating outside the network:
More information on recommended practices can be found in the cybersecurity deployment guidelines for each product version.
For more information, see Hitachi Energy advisory 9AKK107991A8932.
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CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. 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.cisa.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.cisa.gov in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01BβTargeted 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.
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5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
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Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
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NONE
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UNCHANGED
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NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.009 Low
EPSS
Percentile
82.5%