Rockwell FactoryTalk Services Platform < 2.74 Privilege Escalation

critical Nessus Plugin ID 191096

Synopsis

An application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of Rockwell FactoryTalk Services Platform installed on the remote Windows host is less than 2.74. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability.

- A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in FactoryTalk® Service Platform (FTSP). If exploited, a malicious user with basic user group privileges could potentially sign into the software and receive FTSP Administrator Group privileges. A threat actor could potentially read and modify sensitive data, delete data and render the FTSP system unavailable. (CVE-2024-21915)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Rockwell FactoryTalk Services Platform version 2.74 or later or refer to the vendor advisory for other mitigations.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 191096

File Name: rockwell_factorytalk_services_platform_2_74_CVE-2024-21915.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: SCADA

Published: 2/28/2024

Updated: 5/31/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-21915

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:rockwellautomation:factorytalk_services_platform

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Rockwell FactoryTalk Services Platform

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-21915

IAVA: 2024-A-0317

ICSA: 24-046-16

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