Schneider Electric Modicon Credentials Management Errors (CVE-2018-7788)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 500126

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

A CWE-255 Credentials Management vulnerability exists in Modicon Quantum with firmware versions prior to V2.40. which could cause a Denial Of Service when using a Telnet connection.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?892b84d8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 500126

Version: 1.5

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/7/2022

Updated: 11/30/2023

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-7788

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_quantum_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Schneider

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/22/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-7788