Beckhoff ADS protocol Authentication Bypass by Spoofing (CVE-2019-16871)

critical Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 500357

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

Beckhoff Embedded Windows PLCs through 3.1.4024.0, and Beckhoff Twincat on Windows Engineering stations, allow an attacker to achieve Remote Code Execution (as SYSTEM) via the Beckhoff ADS protocol.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://www.ic4.be/2019/12/18/beckhoff-cve-2019-16871/#more-648

http://www.nessus.org/u?e4370d71

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 500357

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/7/2022

Updated: 9/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16871

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:beckhoff:twincat

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Beckhoff

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16871

CWE: 290