Schneider Electric Modicon Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor (CVE-2018-7844)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 500228

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

A CWE-200: Information Exposure vulnerability exists in all versions of the Modicon M580, Modicon M340, Modicon Quantum, and Modicon Premium which could cause the disclosure of SNMP information when reading memory blocks from the controller over Modbus.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 500228

Version: 1.6

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/7/2022

Updated: 1/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-7844

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_premium_series_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_quantum_series_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_m340_series_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_m580_series_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Schneider

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/22/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-7844

CWE: 200

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