Eaton Power Xpert Meter Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CVE-2018-16158)

critical Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 501192

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

Eaton Power Xpert Meter 4000, 6000, and 8000 devices before 13.4.0.10 have a single SSH private key across different customers' installations and do not properly restrict access to this key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform SSH logins (to uid 0) via the PubkeyAuthentication option.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 501192

Version: 1.5

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 6/20/2023

Updated: 12/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16158

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:/o:eaton:power_xpert_meter_4000_firmware, cpe:/o:eaton:power_xpert_meter_6000_firmware, cpe:/o:eaton:power_xpert_meter_8000_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Eaton

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/30/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/30/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16158

CWE: 798

Detections

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