Omron Multiple Products Cleartext Transmission

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 720158

Synopsis

Omron Multiple Products rely on cleartext password transmission.

Description

Omron CX-One CX-Programmer before 9.6, CJ2M PLC devices before 2.1, and CJ2H PLC devices before 1.5 rely on cleartext password transmission, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network during a PLC unlock request.

Solution

Perform vendor recommended mitigations and apply available vendor upgrades.

See Also

https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-15-274-01

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 720158

Family: SCADA

Published: 5/8/2019

Updated: 9/30/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0987