Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley Multiple Devices Cleartext Transmission

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 720095

Synopsis

An issue was discovered in Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley controllers where user credentials are send to the web server in cleartext.

Description

An issue was discovered in Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1100 controller 1763-L16AWA, Series A and B, Version 14.000 and prior versions; 1763-L16BBB, Series A and B, Version 14.000 and prior versions; 1763-L16BWA, Series A and B, Version 14.000 and prior versions; and 1763-L16DWD, Series A and B, Version 14.000 and prior versions. User credentials are sent to the web server in clear text, which may allow an attacker to discover the credentials if they are able to observe traffic between the web browser and the server.

Solution

Perform vendor recommended mitigations and apply available vendor upgrades.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 720095

Family: SCADA

Published: 5/8/2019

Updated: 9/30/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 1/5/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9334

BID: 95302

Detections

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