Emerson DeltaV Improper Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-2016-9345)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 500452

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

An issue was discovered in Emerson DeltaV Easy Security Management DeltaV V12.3, DeltaV V12.3.1, and DeltaV V13.3.
Critical vulnerabilities may allow a local attacker to elevate privileges within the DeltaV control system.

This plugin only works with Tenable.ot. Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information.

Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-334-02

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94584

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105767

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 500452

Version: 1.6

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/7/2022

Updated: 9/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-9345

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:emerson:deltav:13.3, cpe:/a:emerson:deltav:12.3, cpe:/a:emerson:deltav:12.3.1

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Emerson

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9345

CWE: 264

ICSA: 16-334-02