Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthorized user to execute administrator level scripts.
The following versions of Hitachi Energyβs MicroSCADA Pro/X SYS600 products are affected:
3.2.1 IMPROPER USE OF VALIDATION FRAMEWORK CWE-1173
An input validation vulnerability exists in the Monitor Pro interface of MicroSCADA Pro and MicroSCADA X SYS600. An authenticated user could launch an administrator level remote code execution regardless of the authenticated userβs role.
CVE-2022-3388 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Hitachi Energy reported this vulnerability to CISA.
Hitachi Energy released the following recommended immediate actions:
For SYS600 9.x:
For SYS600 10.x:
For more information, see Hitachi Energyβs Cybersecurity Advisory.
CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability, such as:
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 cisa.gov/ics. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
CISA encourages organizations to implement recommended cybersecurity strategies for proactive defense of ICS assets.
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01BβTargeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.
Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
No known public exploitation specifically targeting this vulnerability has been reported to CISA at this time.
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