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Emerson DeltaV Smart Switch Hardcoded Credentials (ICSA-19-190-01)

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 720299

Synopsis

Emerson DeltaV Smart Switch devices have hardcoded admin credentials allowing remote connection to the Emerson Smart Switch administrative interface via HTTP or SNMPv3.

Description

The Emerson DeltaV Smart Switch Command Center application, available in versions 11.3.x and 12.3.x, was unable to change the DeltaV Smart Switches management password upon commissioning. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain administrative access.

Solution

Perform vendor recommended mitigations and apply available vendor upgrades.

See Also

https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-19-190-01

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 720299

Family: SCADA

Published: 9/19/2019

Updated: 9/30/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-11691

BID: 109110