CVE-2018-7842
A CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability exists in all versions of the Modicon M580, Modicon M340, Modicon Quantum, and Modicon Premium which could cause an elevation of privilege by conducting a brute force attack on Modbus parameters…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 35.0%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
A CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability exists in all versions of the Modicon M580, Modicon M340, Modicon Quantum, and Modicon Premium which could cause an elevation of privilege by conducting a brute force attack on Modbus parameters sent to the controller.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 35.04% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-290
- Affected
- schneider-electric/modicon m580 firmware · schneider-electric/modicon m340 firmware · schneider-electric/modicon quantum firmware · schneider-electric/modicon premium firmware
- Source
- cybersecurity@se.com
References
- https://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2019-134-11/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0741Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2019-134-11/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0741Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.