Schneider Electric Modicon Missing Authentication for Critical Function (CVE-2019-6808)

critical Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 500071

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

A CWE-284: Improper Access Control vulnerability exists in all versions of the Modicon M580, Modicon M340, Modicon Quantum, and Modicon Premium which could cause a remote code execution by overwriting configuration settings of the controller over Modbus.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?cbd8653a

http://www.nessus.org/u?a432fe19

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 500071

Version: 1.7

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/7/2022

Updated: 1/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6808

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:schneider-electric:modicon_m580_series_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_m340_series_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_quantum_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_premium_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Schneider

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/22/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6808

CWE: 306