Hitachi Energy IED Connectivity Packages and PCM600 Products Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information (CVE-2022-2513)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 500711

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

A vulnerability exists in the Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) Connectivity Package (ConnPack) credential storage function in Hitachi Energy's PCM600 product included in the versions listed below, where IEDs credentials are stored in a cleartext format in the PCM600 database. An attacker who manages to get access to the exported backup file can exploit the vulnerability and obtain credentials of the IEDs. The credentials may be used to perform unauthorized modifications such as loading incorrect configurations, reboot the IEDs or cause a denial-of-service on the IEDs.

- A vulnerability exists in the Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) Connectivity Package (ConnPack) credential storage function in Hitachi Energy's PCM600 product included in the versions listed below, where IEDs credentials are stored in a cleartext format in the PCM600 database. An attacker who manages to get access to the exported backup file can exploit the vulnerability and obtain credentials of the IEDs.
The credentials may be used to perform unauthorized modifications such as loading incorrect configurations, reboot the IEDs or cause a denial-of-service on the IEDs. (CVE-2022-2513)

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Solution

The following text was originally created by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The original can be found at CISA.gov.

Hitachi Energy released the following recommended immediate actions:

- Update to PCM600 v2.11 Hotfix 20240426 or apply mitigation factors/workarounds as described below.

After applying the hotfix, reimport and export the backup files to secure that they do not contain this vulnerability.
More information to deploy PCM600 securely can be found in the following documents:

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 500711

Version: 1.9

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 11/30/2022

Updated: 9/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2513

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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:abb:relion_sam600-io_firmware, cpe:/o:abb:relion_670_firmware, cpe:/o:abb:relion_650_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/ABB

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/22/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2513

CWE: 312

ICSA: 22-333-02

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