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Eaton easyE4 PLC Inadequate Encryption Strength (CVE-2023-43776)
medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 501761
Synopsis
The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.Description
Eaton easyE4 PLC offers a device password protection functionality to facilitate a secure connection and prevent unauthorized access. It was observed that the device password was stored with a weak encoding algorithm in the easyE4 program file when exported to SD card (*.PRG file ending).This plugin only works with Tenable.ot.
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Solution
Refer to the vendor advisory.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 501761
Version: 1.2
Type: remote
Family: Tenable.ot
Published: 10/25/2023
Updated: 2/21/2024
Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-43776
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.6
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:eaton:easy-e4-ac-12rc1p_firmware, cpe:/o:eaton:easy-e4-ac-12rcx1p_firmware, cpe:/o:eaton:easy-e4-ac-16re1p_firmware, cpe:/o:eaton:easy-e4-dc-12tc1p_firmware, cpe:/o:eaton:easy-e4-dc-12tcx1p_firmware, cpe:/o:eaton:easy-e4-dc-16te1p_firmware, cpe:/o:eaton:easy-e4-dc-4pe1p_firmware, cpe:/o:eaton:easy-e4-dc-6ae1p_firmware, cpe:/o:eaton:easy-e4-dc-8te1p_firmware, cpe:/o:eaton:easy-e4-uc-12rc1p_firmware, cpe:/o:eaton:easy-e4-uc-12rcx1p_firmware, cpe:/o:eaton:easy-e4-uc-16re1_firmware, cpe:/o:eaton:easy-e4-uc-16re1p_firmware, cpe:/o:eaton:easy-e4-uc-8re1p_firmware, cpe:/o:eaton:easy_e4-ac-8re1p_firmware
Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Eaton
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-43776
CWE: 326