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Schneider Electric Modicon Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information (CVE-2019-6845)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 500304

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

A CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information vulnerability exists in Modicon M580, Modicon M340, Modicon Premium , Modicon Quantum (all firmware versions), which could cause the disclosure of information when transferring applications to the controller using Modbus TCP protocol.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9d949489

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 500304

Version: 1.6

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/7/2022

Updated: 1/18/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6845

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Schneider

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/29/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6845

CWE: 319