Schneider Electric Modicon Improper Authentication (CVE-2012-0931)

critical Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 500033

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

Schneider Electric Modicon Quantum PLC does not perform authentication between the Unity software and PLC, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICS-ALERT-12-020-03.pdf

http://secunia.com/advisories/47723

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51605

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72586

https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-12-020-03

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 500033

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/7/2022

Updated: 11/17/2023

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0931

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/h:schneider-electric:modicon_quantum_plc:-

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Schneider

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/28/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/28/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0931

CWE: 287

SECUNIA: 47723