Hard-Coded Credentials Found in TURCK ICS Devices

Hard-coded credentials are a longstanding security no-no, but they’re also an ever-present reality because of developers and IT managers who require remote access to networks and systems for troubleshooting purposes. The level of risk in such cases depends on the system in question. But one thing...

Siemens COMOS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

OVERVIEW Siemens has notified ICS-CERT of a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Siemens COMOS database application. Siemens has produced a patch that mitigates this vulnerability. AFFECTED PRODUCTS The following Siemens COMOS versions are affected: All COMOS versions prior to 9.1 COMOS 9.1:...

Sixnet Universal Protocol Undocumented Function Codes (Update B)

OVERVIEW This updated advisory is a follow-up to the updated advisory titled ICSA-13-231-01A Sixnet Universal Protocol Undocumented Function Codes that was published August 26, 2013, on the ICS-CERT Web page. --------- Begin Update B Part 1 of 1 -------- Researchers Kyle Stone and Mehdi Sabraoui...

Kepware Technologies Improper Input Validation Vulnerability

OVERVIEW Adam Crain of Automatak and independent researcher Chris Sistrunk have identified a improper input validation vulnerability in the Kepware Technologies’ DNP Master Driver for the KEPServerEX Communications Platform. Kepware Technologies has produced a new version that mitigates this...

Honeynet Project Researchers Build ICS Honeypot

Industrial control system and SCADA honeypots have been tried before with relative success. While those systems were enticing to hackers who hammered away on them, they were also complicated, required real ICS and SCADA gear, and weren’t publicly available. Two researchers from Norway and Denmark...

Vendor Admin Accounts Warning

Overview An asset owner recently notified the ICS-CERT that a vendor support contractor had added an administrative-level account during installation of new control systems software. The support contractor intended the account to be the default used to train their people for all future work on...

MOXA Weak Entropy in DSA Keys Vulnerability

Overview Researcher Nadia Heninger of the University of California, San Diego, and researchers Zakir Durumeric, Eric Wustrow, and J. Alex Halderman of the University of Michigan identified an insufficient entropy vulnerability in MOXA OnCell Gateways. MOA produced and released a firmware upgrade ...

Schneider Electric Vijeo Citect, CitectSCADA, PowerLogic SCADA Vulnerability

Overview Schneider Electric has identified an XML external entity vulnerability in Vijeo Citect, CitectSCADA, and PowerLogic SCADA applications. Timur Yunusov, Alexey Osipov, and Ilya Karpov of Positive Technologies reported the vulnerability directly to Schneider Electric. Schneider Electric has...

3S Smart Software Solutions CoDeSys Gateway Server Directory Traversal

Added: 05/06/2013 CVE: CVE-2012-4705 BID: 59446 OSVDB: 90368 Background Smart Software Solutions GmbH 3S manufactures CoDeSys Gateway Server, a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition/Human-Machine Interface SCADA/HMI product. The Gateway Server listens on TCP port 1211. Problem 3S CoDeSys Gatew...

IOServer Master Station Improper Input Validation

OVERVIEW Adam Crain of Automatak and independent researcher Chris Sistrunk have identified an improper input validation vulnerability in the IOServer DNP3 Driver on the master station. IOServer has produced a new version that mitigates this vulnerability. The researchers have tested the new versi...

ICS-CERT Tips for Critical Infrastructure to Avoid Shamoon

Most publicly known malware attacks are disruptive in nature, for example causing the interruption of online banking services or taking websites temporarily offline. Few attacks cause actual physical damage to computers where hard drives are damaged and data lost or destroyed. The Shamoon virus i...

Invensys Wonderware HMI Reports XSS and Write Access Violation Vulnerabilities

Overview Independent security researchers Billy Rios and Terry McCorkle have identified cross-site scripting XSS and write access violation vulnerabilities in the Invensys Wonderware HMI reports product. ICS-CERT has coordinated these two vulnerabilities with Invensys, which has produced a new...

Ecava IntegraXor XSS

Overview ICS-CERT received a report from an anonymous security reseacher concerning several cross site scripting XSS vulnerabilities in the Ecava IntegraXor SCADA product. ICS-CERT has worked with the reseacher and Ecava to validate these vulnerabilities. Ecava has developed a patch release of...

3S CoDeSys Gateway Server Crafted Packet Stack Overflow

Added: 04/29/2013 CVE: CVE-2012-4708 BID: 58032 OSVDB: 90371 Background Smart Software Solutions GmbH 3S manufactures CoDeSys Gateway Server, a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition/Human-Machine Interface SCADA/HMI product. The Gateway Server listens on TCP port 1211. Problem 3S CoDeSys Gatew...

3S CoDeSys Gateway Server Crafted Packet Stack Overflow

Added: 04/29/2013 CVE: CVE-2012-4708 BID: 58032 OSVDB: 90371 Background Smart Software Solutions GmbH 3S manufactures CoDeSys Gateway Server, a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition/Human-Machine Interface SCADA/HMI product. The Gateway Server listens on TCP port 1211. Problem 3S CoDeSys Gatew...

3S CoDeSys Gateway Server Crafted Packet Stack Overflow

Added: 04/29/2013 CVE: CVE-2012-4708 BID: 58032 OSVDB: 90371 Background Smart Software Solutions GmbH 3S manufactures CoDeSys Gateway Server, a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition/Human-Machine Interface SCADA/HMI product. The Gateway Server listens on TCP port 1211. Problem 3S CoDeSys Gatew...

Triangle Research Nano 10 PLC Denial of Service

OVERVIEW Researcher Jon Christmas of Solera Networks has identified an improper input validation vulnerability in Triangle Research International, Inc.’s Tri Inc. Nano‑10 programmable logic controller PLC. Tri Inc. has produced a firmware upgrade and tested it to validate that the upgrade resolve...

DHS, ICS-CERT Warn of Siemens HMI Vulnerabilities

The Department of Homeland Security and the ICS-CERT issued an advisory yesterday warning of serious vulnerabilities in Siemens industrial control software deployed in a number of industries including water, gas and oil, and chemical. Siemens said it has patched the flaws in a new version of its...

Siemens COMOS Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

OVERVIEW This advisory provides mitigation details for vulnerabilities that impact the Siemens COMOS database system. Siemens has identified a permissions, privileges, and access controls vulnerability in the Siemens COMOS database system. Siemens has produced software updates that mitigate this...

Attacks on SCADA, ICS Honeypots Modified Critical Operations

With antiquated gear running the country’s industrial control systems that oversee critical infrastructure, it’s no shock attackers targeting SCADA networks do their fair share of reconnaissance looking for weak spots in that equipment. A researcher decided to put that theory to a practical test...